[R] New York Times Article: Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power

[Tom Backer Johnsen]

Sure, that statement is in it self somewhat amusing.  But the article 
itself is very good PR.  I am sending off copies of the link to many of 
my colleagues, some sceptic, others not sceptic at all.  Thanks!

Tom

Arthur Burke wrote:
> Readers of this list might be interested in the following article in the
> New York Times and might find amusing the notion that "Some people
> familiar with R describe it as a supercharged version of Microsoft's
> Excel spreadsheet software...".
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07progra
> m.html?_r=1&ref=technology
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> Art
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