Simon Blomberg wrote:
Some people familiar with R describe it as a supercharged version of
Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet software...
Maybe it's my dry Australian humour, but I think this should go into the
fortunes package.
It is somewhat humourous even in damper London.
But I think
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
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
Some people familiar with R describe it as a supercharged version of
Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet software...
Maybe it's my dry Australian humour, but I think this should go into the
fortunes package.
Simon.
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Simon Blomberg, BSc (Hons), PhD, MAppStat.
Lecturer and Consultant Statistician
: Thursday, 8 January 2009 10:15 AM
To: Arthur Burke
Cc: r-help@r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] New York Times Article: Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power
Some people familiar with R describe it as a supercharged version of
Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet software...
Maybe it's my dry Australian
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, bill.venab...@csiro.au wrote:
But wait, there's more... The bit I think deserves a fortunes listing
is the SAS jibe:
Yep, both added to the devel-version on R-Forge (fortunes 222 and 223).
Additionally, there is
R fortune(224)
It's interesting that SAS Institute feels
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Simon Blomberg s.blombe...@uq.edu.au wrote:
Some people familiar with R describe it as a supercharged version of
Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet software...
Maybe it's my dry Australian humour, but I think this should go into the
fortunes package.
The irony of
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