On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 11:06:59AM -0500, Marc Schwartz wrote: > I agree that quality and value are important, but I think that the issue > of cost should not be discounted out of hand. Value (for both company > and client) is directly tied to cost. > > [...] > > The bottom line is that cost is a non-trivial issue. If a company is > willing to pay more for a functionally equivalent product, because the > training and support is (or is perceived to be) superior so be it. That > may enable managers and other decision makers to sleep better at night.
I agree with your points. However, as far as I remember, the original poster wants to give a 2-3 minute summary about the benefits of R. I would not open such a complicated issue (the total cost of ownership) in such a small timeframe, but focus on the more "technical" benefits instead. Best, Tamas -- Tamás K. Papp E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please try to send only (latin-2) plain text, not HTML or other garbage. ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
