On 1/8/09, SteveC <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 6 Jan 2009, at 19:21, Ian White wrote: > > > > The UK Navy announced some of their nuke-powered sub fleet will run on > Vista. How comforting > > > > Whatever it runs its amazing they announced it at all > > >
which is a lot better than "whatever they announced its amazing it runs at all," no? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tue Jan 06 19:08:46 2009 > > Subject: [Geowanking] R > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07program.html > > > > money quote: > > > > SAS says it has noticed R's rising popularity at universities, despite > > educational discounts on its own software, but it dismisses the > > technology as being of interest to a limited set of people working on > > very hard tasks. > > > > "I think it addresses a niche market for high-end data analysts that > > want free, readily available code," said Anne H. Milley, director of > > technology product marketing at SAS. She adds, "We have customers who > > build engines for aircraft. I am happy they are not using freeware > > when I get on a jet." > > > > > > ----- > > > > why is it that the corporate, proprietary software types come up with > > the most lame put-down for an open source competitor? > > > > on another note, I was kinda hoping to see Markus Neteler's fine work > > integrating R with GRASS in TFA. > > > > Still, good to see this shout-out to something as non-mainstream as R. > > > > > > -- > > Puneet Kishor > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Geowanking mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.3/1878 - Release Date: 1/6/2009 > 5:16 PM > > _______________________________________________ > > Geowanking mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > > > > > Best > > Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
