Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0901080209580.26239@paninaro.stat-math.wu-wien.ac.at>
Date: 2009-01-08T01:20:54Z
From: Achim Zeileis
Subject: New York Times Article: Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power
In-Reply-To: <1BDAE2969943D540934EE8B4EF68F95FB224D65EDC@EXNSW-MBX03.nexus.csiro.au>
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Bill.Venables at csiro.au wrote:
> 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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