[R] Windows 10 Application Compatibility Check | FreeWare R Statistical Environment v3.2.2

[Marc Schwartz]

Hi,

With the caveat that I speak for myself only, a few comments:

1. Given that Citi appears to have been running R on Windows 7 for some period of time, I am not sure that they are looking for reasons to deny users access to R. They are simply looking for some indication that R will run on Windows 10.

2. There is nothing presently in the relevant R for Windows FAQ:

  https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#Does-R-run-under-Windows-Vista_003f

that explicitly indicates that R will run on Windows 10. At some point, presumably, that would be updated to reflect more recent experience by R Core.

3. Besides Robert's comment below on his experience (n of 1), there are other comments that I see via a Google search that would suggest that his experience is not unique (e.g. https://rpubs.com/kartykr/rrproject) and there are threads in the R-Help archives from last September:

  https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2015-September/431809.html
  https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2015-September/431825.html

that also support the notion that R will run on Windows 10.

4. If Citi, wants to pursue a more "commercial-like" approach to paid support for R, there are commercial versions of R available, which I shall not mention here, but a quick Google search would avail them of more details. 

5. Lastly and perhaps most importantly, R is not Freeware. R (as made available by the R Foundation) is free open source software (FOSS) and is distributed under relevant open source licenses. The label "Freeware", which typically refers to proprietary software, only means that the binary application itself is free of charge. It does not mean that the source code for the application is also available. There is a very large functional and philosophical difference between FOSS and Freeware.

Regards,

Marc Schwartz


> On Jul 27, 2016, at 9:47 AM, John C Frain <frainj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> When I first graduated some 50 years ago I worked in the Department of
> Finance. On small piece of my work involved getting CPI data from the CSO
> and doing some calculations. A specific person in the CSO (Central
> Statistics Office) usually supplied this information and this fact was
> always recorded on the file. On one occasion I could not contact that
> person and I visited the department library and extracted the information
> myself. When my boss saw that I had not contacted the CSO I was instructed
> to contact them and repeat the calculation. It was explained to me that if
> I contacted the CSO we could blame someone outside the Department of
> Finance if they supplied the information.
> 
> It appears that Citi Architecture & Technology Engineering are behaving in
> a similar way.  Are they trying to find some excuse to deny their users
> access to R on the grounds that it is not "properly" supported. This does
> happen in large organisations.
> 
> If any one knows of some organisation that is willing to provide support to
> Citi (for a respectable fee) there might be a bit of money to be made.
> 
> John C Frain
> 3 Aranleigh Park
> Rathfarnham
> Dublin 14
> Ireland
> www.tcd.ie/Economics/staff/frainj/home.html
> mailto:frainj at tcd.ie
> mailto:frainj at gmail.com
> 
> On 26 July 2016 at 23:49, Robert Baer <rbaer at atsu.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Runs fine on Windows 10 for me.
>> 
>> 
>> On 7/25/2016 7:18 AM, Ramar, Rohini wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello Team,
>>> 
>>> We are, Citi Application Readiness Team, need your assistance in order to
>>> gather info about below application compatibility and support for Win 10 as
>>> part of Window 10 Readiness initiative. CITI Bank has been using below
>>> "FreeWare R Statistical Environment v3.2.2"  software products currently on
>>> Win 7 operating system.
>>> 
>>> We would like to know whether the below listed application is compatible
>>> and supported even for Win 10 (64 Bit) or is there any other higher version
>>> of application which would be compatible for Win10. If you have not tested
>>> for Win 10, could you please provide us with a tentative date by when we
>>> can reach you.
>>> 
>>> Application Name : FreeWare R Statistical Environment v3.2.2
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Note: Kindly re-direct this email to appropriate team if we reached you
>>> wrongly.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Rohini R
>>> Citi Architecture & Technology Engineering
>>> Client Computing
>>> Direct Phone #:+91 22 3346 1497
>>> Email ID: rohini.ramar at citi.com<mailto:rohini.ramar at citi.com>