[R-sig-ME] Lack of replies from me

[Doran, Harold]

Not only is lme4 perhaps the most sophisticated package available for
(generalized) linear mixed models, it is also comes with gads of support
from its developer. Computationally, it crushes the more common programs
(e.g., HLM, mlWin).

The solution for the critic is simple, build a better mousetrap and
support it equally as well. 



> Douglas Bates wrote:
> > I regret that I have been absent from the list for some time.  It 
> > happens that in the last couple of weeks I have been involved in a 
> > series of extremely unpleasant interactions on another, 
> private email 
> > list that have left me with little enthusiasm for developing and 
> > supporting CRAN packages.  One conclusion I have reached from these 
> > interactions is that I will never allow lme4 to be a recommended 
> > package in R.  I am even having doubts about whether I want it to 
> > continue to be a CRAN package at all, as opposed to, say, 
> moving it to 
> > Bioconductor or even switching development to another language.
> > 
> > I'm sure the last option would be "cutting off my nose to spite my 
> > face" and I don't expect I would ever do that.  There are many 
> > wonderful aspects to R and many reasons why I want to 
> continue to use 
> > it.  But right now I find myself forced to evaluate options 
> other than 
> > putting a package on CRAN.
> > 
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