[R] R in the NY Times

Darin A. England england at cs.umn.edu
Wed Jan 7 16:45:54 CET 2009


On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 08:00:28AM -0600, Frank E Harrell Jr wrote:
> This is great to see.  It's interesting that SAS Institute feels that 
> non-peer-reviewed software with hidden implementations of analytic 
> methods that cannot be reproduced by others should be trusted when 
> building aircraft engines.
> 
> Frank

Unfortunately, that type of FUD issued by the SAS marketing person still
works. I see it at my employer (a large healthcare company.) It's a
battle to change a culture, but ironically the recession helps.
People are now taking notice of the obscene licensing fees for SAS.

Darin




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