[R] R in the NY Times

[Marc Schwartz]

I would also point out that the use of the term "freeware" as opposed to
"FOSS" by the SAS rep, comes off as being unprofessional and
deliberately condescending...

The author of the article, to his credit, was pretty consistent in using
open source terminology.

Regards,

Marc

on 01/07/2009 10:26 AM Bryan Hanson wrote:
> 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!