Well I don't know what STATISTICA looks like now, but in the late 1980's and early
1990's they were a flagrant "ripoff" of SYSTAT. Leland Wilkinsons (president of
SYSTAT) made a pretty well documented case that StatSoft not only used much of the
SYSTAT code, but also implemented some pieces of it improperly, and certainly were
guilty of plagirism. Most of us who do statistics for a living have little
tolerance for such behavior. I know that I can never reward StatSoft for this
outrageous behavior by ever using STATISTICA myself or recommending it to anyone
else.
Brian S. Cade
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Eke Tromso wrote:
> >Subject: stat packages
> >From: "AJ" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Date: 9/8/00 2:53 PM Central Daylight Time
> >Message-id: <Asbu5.1071$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >I am interested in opinions on the Statistica package. I have always used
> >SPSS, but now that I need to buy my own program, I am intrigued by
> >Statistica. Not surprisingly, their ads are very compelling. I need a
> >general, broad-based package with basic stats, GLM, regression, survival
> >analysis, and graphics. I have used SPSS since the mainframe days, but I am
> >Statistica (and Systat) appear to provide excellent value. I am a
> >behavioral science researcher with a moderate to strong background in
> >applied multivariate analysis (not a statistician). Any comments?
> >Thanks. -- Al J.
> >
> Charlie wrote:
>
> > I was a SAS user from the mainframe days until about 1995. I liked the
> > software but the yearly lease was prohibitive.
> >
> > I tested several stat packages at that time and settled on Statistica.
> > I have no regrets. Their ads are every bit the truth. It's a great
> > package, well worth the $1,000. Rumor has it the package is alien
> > technology from the Roswell, NM crash. This is probably not true
> > because the statistics are very up to date.
>
> I am not sure if the STATISTICA people use alien technology, but it sure is a
> technology that is light years ahead of SPSS (or SAS which still reminds me my
> college years and the War in Vietnam). STATISTICA is a wonderful product, that
> deserves winning every single review that it has won, and I guess that it has
> won all of them, am I right?
> E. Tromso
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