Regarding R as a standard for statistics, I found this article quite interesting http://www.jstatsoft.org/v13/i07/paper
I'm not sure what it is a sign of, if you think that Mathematica is copying Sage. Mathematica uses open-source code, e.g. GMP, already. The GPL vs LGPL distinction here is, as usual, boring. RJF On Thursday, November 29, 2012 1:45:37 AM UTC-8, Andrea Lazzarotto wrote: > > > > 2012/11/29 mhampton <hamp...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > >> "So in Mathematica 9, one thing we’ve added is built-in integration >> with the R statistics language." -- that's interesting. I think R has >> really won in the realm of advanced statistics. You just can't >> compete with it, you have to integrate it. >> > > Open source is the future, they have no chance. > > BTW the fact they also started to copy Sage features (such as R > integration) is a clear signal. > > Best regards, > > -- > *Andrea Lazzarotto* - http://andrealazzarotto.com* > * > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel?hl=en.
