New York Times Article: Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power

But wait, there's more...  The bit I think deserves a fortunes listing 
is the SAS jibe:

Yep, both added to the devel-version on R-Forge (fortunes 222 and 223). 
Additionally, there is

R> fortune(224)

It's interesting that SAS Institute feels that non-peer-reviewed software 
with hidden implementations of analytic methods that cannot be reproduced 
by others should be trusted when building aircraft engines.
    -- Frank Harrell (in response to the statement of the SAS director of
       technology product marketing: "We have customers who build engines
       for aircraft. I am happy they are not using freeware when I get on a
       jet.")
       R-help (January 2009)

grx,
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