R "Threatens" SAS According to The NYT
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:05 AM, ajay ohri <ajayohri at yahoo.com> wrote:
FYI..not a R -Help Topic, buy I dont know which list to post discussions like this. Regards, Ajay ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ajay ohri <ajayohri at yahoo.com> Date: Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:46 AM Subject: Re: R "Threatens" SAS, According to The New York Times To: SAS-L at listserv.uga.edu For people who have also wanted to try R , there is new version of R GUI , called Rattle downloadable from www.togaware.com Also check out Interview of Roger Hadaad , Founder of KXEN on his views on analytics at www.decisionstats.com as well as how SPSS is responding to R at http://www.decisionstats.com/2008/11/review-r-for-sas-and-spss-users/ Ajay --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Virtual SUG <sfbay0001 at AOL.COM> wrote: From: Virtual SUG <sfbay0001 at AOL.COM> Subject: R "Threatens" SAS, According to The New York Times To: SAS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 10:11 AM Hello everyone... Thought you might be interested in reading this article, which appears in the 1/6/9 online edition of The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07program.html The headline is "Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power," and towards the end of the story is the following paragraph: "While it is difficult to calculate exactly how many people use R, those most familiar with the software estimate that close to 250,000 people work with it regularly. The popularity of R at universities could threaten SAS Institute, the privately held business software company that specializes in data analysis software. SAS, with more than $2 billion in annual revenue, has been the preferred tool of scholars and corporate managers. " Andrew Karp Sierra Information Services www.SierraInfomation.com