[R] R in the NY Times

[Simon Pickett]

I would like to add that I would have spent many more years doing my PhD if 
it wasnt for R! all data management, statistics and graphics were conducted 
using it. This was the direction my university and many more research 
institutes appear to be heading.

It probably doesnt get said enough and I am sure I speak for all young 
researchers I am very much in debt for all the kind souls who have helped me 
and other newbies on this forum over the years,

Thanks very much R team.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank E Harrell Jr" <f.harrell at vanderbilt.edu>
To: "Bill Pikounis" <billpikounis at gmail.com>
Cc: <r-help at r-project.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [R] R in the NY Times


> Bill Pikounis wrote:
>> Pardon my exuberance, but this is simply awesome. What a treat to find
>> on the front web page of the NY Times this morning under Technology. I
>> think the article is very well written by the author, and I think it
>> captures top highlights of why the software and community are so
>> special.
>>
>> Continued high gratitude to all of R-core and the R community for its
>> unique accomplishments. Every bit of praise is well-earned and
>> deserved.
>>
>> I have continuously claimed to colleagues (primarily pharma industry)
>> for the past 8 years or so that R is the most exciting going on in the
>> area of statistics.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill
>
> Amen to that, and in addition, R is now the top tool for everyday 
> analysis, not just a research statistician's tool.
>
> Frank
>
>>
>> ####################
>>
>> Bill Pikounis
>> Statistician
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 08:10, Zaslavsky, Alan M.
>> <zaslavsk at hcp.med.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>> This article is accompanied by nice pictures of Robert and Ross.
>>>
>>> Data Analysts Captivated by Power of R
>>> 
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07program.html
>>>
>>> January 7, 2009
>>> Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power
>>> By ASHLEE VANCE
>>>
>>
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