S language
I'm probably the least authoratative to say anything, but before we get a flood of messages like this... (IMHO) in a word, "nothing". What Insightful aquired (I believe) is the right to the core S code that were used underneath S-PLUS. Without this right, Insightful would have to renew the license with Bell Labs every few years. That adds some uncertainty to their business. R to S-PLUS is sort of like Linux to Unix(TM), from the IP perspective. It was written from scratch, without any orginial Bell Labs S source. Even the S4 classes implemented in the methods package was a complete re-implementation, because R and S are so different `under the hood'. OK, I've say too much already... Andy
From: john lewis Hello I just received an email from Insightful, Inc. saying that they have purchased the S license from Lucent Technologies. Will this have any major impact on R or the future development of R? John Lewis [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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