> From: Spencer Graves [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Martin says, "This is another instance of S-Plus following R
> behind and doing it incompatibly [with a reason?] ... ."
>
> This is one example of a major issue in "how to wage and win a
> standards war", discussed by Shapiro and Varian (1998)
> Information Rules
> (Harvard Business School Press). Whether you're Bill Gates or Larry
> Ellison, you want to make it easy for people to move to your product
> from a competitor but expensive for your current customers to
> escape to
> the competition.
>
> Spencer Graves
But I believe neither Insightful nor R-core would want to see each other as
competitor. (Reality might be quite different.) It would not be in the
best interest of either party.
(Apologies for putting words in R-Core's mouth. As for Insightful, at least
that's David Smith's word when he talked about `Future of S-PLUs' at the
2002 Insightful Technology Conference.)
Andy
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