[R] R in the NY Times

[Bryan Hanson]

I believe the SAS person shot themselves in the foot more in more ways than
one.  In my mind, the reason you would pay, as Frank said, for
 
> non-peer-reviewed software with hidden implementations of analytic
> methods that cannot be reproduced by others

Would be so that you can sue them later when a software problem in the
designing of the engine makes your plane fall out of the sky!

Bryan
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Bryan Hanson
Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry
DePauw University, Greencastle IN USA


>> ³I think it addresses a niche market for high-end data analysts that
>> want free, readily available code," said Anne H. Milley, director of
>> technology product marketing at SAS. She adds, ³We have customers who
>> build engines for aircraft. I am happy they are not using freeware
>> when I get on a jet.²
>> 
> 
> Thanks for posting.  Does anyone else find the statement by SAS to be
> humourous yet arrogant and short-sighted?
> 
> Kevin