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 < [email protected]> wrote: > 2009/1/10 Tony Breyal <[email protected]>: > > > [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 > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
