more on the reasons R is bad for you
http://www.decisionstats.com/2009/01/top-ten-rrreasons-r-is-bad-for-you/


On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Barry Rowlingson <
b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:

> 2009/1/10 Tony Breyal <tony.breyal@googlemail.com>:
>
> > [SAS marketroid quote]
> > "In fact, SAS values open-source software."
>
>  But clearly not enough to open-source SAS itself. It would seem that
> SAS values _other_people's_ open source.
>
>  If SAS was open source and free, then SAS would collect on all the
> other things "Customers value SAS for" - support, testing, training,
> docs, etc etc. And there would be a lot more people using it.
>
>  Another quote: "We advocate approaches based on science" - closed
> source is closed knowledge and is nearer alchemy than science. I may
> use proprietary software for video editing or music production, but
> when it comes to science, it's got to be open.
>
> Barru
>
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