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R versus SAS

8 messages · Kjetil Halvorsen, Duncan Murdoch, Yihui Xie +4 more

Kjetil Halvorsen
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I found this on CrossValidated:

"A medical statistician once told me, that they use SAS because if
they make mistakes due to software bugs and it comes to lawsuits, SAS
will recompensate them. R comes without warranty."

Kjetil
Duncan Murdoch
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On 12-08-07 10:46 PM, Kjetil Halvorsen wrote:
I suspect that statistician has never tried to collect.  The statement 
on the SAS website refers to the website, not the software, but it has a 
statement that is pretty typical of commercial software licenses:

  Warranties and Disclaimers

EXCEPT WHERE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED OTHERWISE IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU 
AND SAS, ALL INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED 
"AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF 
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT SHALL SAS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, 
SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, 
REVENUE, DATA OR USE, INCURRED BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WHETHER IN AN 
ACTION IN CONTRACT OR TORT, ARISING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO, OR USE OF, THIS 
Web SITE OR ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED Web SITE.


I would quote from the actual software license, but it doesn't appear to 
be online.  The R license is online, and gives you just as strong a 
warranty (i.e. none!) plus quite a few more rights than the typical 
commercial software license.

Duncan Murdoch
Rolf Turner
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On 08/08/12 14:46, Kjetil Halvorsen wrote:
If the "medical statistician" really believes that "SAS will recompensate
them" then I have ocean-front property in Arizona to sell him.  Or her.

And I sincerely hope that *my* health does not depend on any results
of that "medical statistician's" analyses.

     cheers,

         Rolf Turner

P. S.  There is no such word as "recompensate".

         R. T.
Yihui Xie
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The Department of Redundancy Department can "recompensate"...

Regards,
Yihui
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Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name
Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Rolf Turner <rolf.turner at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
Rolf Turner
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On 09/08/12 14:35, Yihui Xie wrote:
Yessssssss!!!! :-)

         cheers,

             Rolf
Jim Lemon
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On 08/09/2012 07:17 AM, Rolf Turner wrote:
Thanks to R, the internet and pretentious, semi-literate public servants 
around the world, there probably is now.

Jim
John Kane
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Wait a minute now.  Perhaps it's some recursive compensation scheme/

  Ugh, I think I am getting a head ache.

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S Ellison
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Indeed, perhaps the general remark might be reconsidered. As jane Austen said, "Where any one body of educated men, of whatever denomination, are condemned indiscriminately, there must be a deficiency of information".

But in this case I think someone just messed up 'recompense' and 'compensate'. Or possibly just messed up.
Of course this rereconsideration of recompensation would have to be rerereconsidered if further information came to light.

Good luck with the headache.

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