> I hope that other R based companies, like: > > - S-PLUS <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-PLUS> > > Would have acted more in a similar way. > (And if they do, I didn't know about it and would like to have been more > informed)
Tal One clarification--S-PLUS is not based on R. However, it does share a common pedigree. It (like R) is based on the S language, originally developed at Bell Labs in the 1970's by a group led by John Chambers. S-PLUS was first commercialized (based on S) in the late 80's, well before the initial development of R. Insightful (and its predecessors), the makers of S-PLUS, have a long history of collaboration with the R project. Since our acquisition by TIBCO in 2008, we have shifted our focus to continuing to advance S+ while embracing R, and focusing on extending the reach of both to wider commercial audiences (through integration with Spotfire and other TIBCO products). One of our developers (Bill Dunlap) is a regular contributor to this forum and correspondent with the R core team. We also are contributors to the R Foundation and sponsors of useR. However, we are always looking for more ways to contribute to the R community, and I'd be open to any suggestions you (or any of the other list members) have on that. Lou Bajuk-Yorgan Sr. Director, Product Management Spotfire, TIBCO Software lba...@tibco.com http://spotfire.tibco.com ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.
