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Message-ID: <BCE3F0D1-A0D4-11D7-929E-000393BB6D36@stat.ucla.edu>
Date: 2003-06-17T17:34:39Z
From: Jan de Leeuw
Subject: R version on gifi
In-Reply-To: <878ys0bzrv.fsf@jeeves.blindglobe.net>

For the chumps:

If you just want a Unix variant, run Darwin. If you just want a Linux
variant, run PPC Linux.

On Tuesday, Jun 17, 2003, at 06:27 US/Pacific, A.J. Rossini wrote:

> I think completely agree with Simon here.  MacOSX is great for folks
> that like the good things in life, but for chumps who just want a Unix
> variant, run a PPC Unix (linux or *bsd or the like).  There are just
> enough differences to create user-interface stress, depending on the
> particular system configuration...
>
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Jan de Leeuw; Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Statistics;
Editor: Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Statistical  
Software
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