S-Plus?

Not meaning to start a religious war but what are people's feelings
about using S-Plus with beginners?  I see it as a possible alternative
to one of the GUI interfaces for R.  It might be easy for beginners,
but helps one learn the S language.  After the class is over they
could buy S-Plus or use R.  (Yes, I know the student version of S-Plus
is not as easy to access as the free R GUIs.)

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