Message-ID: <5061A050.8040704@gmail.com>
Date: 2012-09-25T12:15:12Z
From: mlell08
Subject: R for commercial use
In-Reply-To: <D1A2ABD41F08804298420867A16CC41B36FD1331@HG-VB-SRV-822.int.alte-leipziger.de>
Hi,
On 24.09.2012 16:21, Zastko,Samuel ALB co-mw wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> want to use R in our company but have to complete an intern questionnaire first. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance!
> Here the questions I?m not sure about:
> 1. Is R a Clientsoftware / Serversoftware / Systemsoftware?
This is a strange choice. what would you answer for e.g. Excel??
It's most certainly no Server.
It's not a Client, because there is no "R-Server". But R can establish
connections to several Server Types, for example to download data. R
Packages can extend R's funcionality
What's "Systemsoftware"??
> 2. Does R need a ?chellenge-response? treatment for activation?
Dunno what "challenge-response" is. But R is open-souce, no activatoin
required.
> 3. Is R proxy-able?
HTTP-Proxying seems to work, google "GNU R proxy" and see
<http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#The-Internet-download-functions-fail_002e>
> 4. Is the personalised WINDOWS-NTLM-authorization at ISA-proxy possible?
Don' know. But you can run R without any changes to a Windows system,
like registry entrys and such. Copy the folder and execute R.exe
> 5. Are any exceptions for virus scanner needed? If yes, which ones?
No.
> 6. Does R changes system files or folders? (e.g. system32, registry). If yes, which ones?
No.
Regards,
Moritz
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