On 2012-11-29, rjf <fate...@gmail.com> wrote: > ------=_Part_277_20394233.1354225639789 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Regarding R as a standard for statistics, I found this article > quite interesting > http://www.jstatsoft.org/v13/i07/paper 15 years later, R (free) and SPLUS (commercial) are two main competing statistical packages. SAS, the company behind SPLUS, goes as far as co-running MSc programs in applied stats/data mining.
> > I'm not sure what it is a sign of, if you think that Mathematica is copying= >=20 > Sage. > Mathematica uses open-source code, e.g. GMP, already. The GPL vs LGPL > distinction here is, as usual, boring. the potential users range is much bigger, though. > 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=92ve 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=20 >> integration) is a clear signal. >> >> Best regards, >> >> --=20 >> *Andrea Lazzarotto* - http://andrealazzarotto.com* >> * >> > > --=20 > 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+unsubscribe@google= > groups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel?hl=3Den. > > > > ------=_Part_277_20394233.1354225639789 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Regarding R as a standard for statistics, I found this article<br>quite int= > eresting<br>http://www.jstatsoft.org/v13/i07/paper<br><br>I'm not sure what= > it is a sign of, if you think that Mathematica is copying Sage.<br>Mathema= > tica uses open-source code, e.g. GMP, already. The GPL vs LGPL<br>distincti= > on here is, as usual, boring.<br>RJF<br><br><br>On Thursday, November 29, 2= > 012 1:45:37 AM UTC-8, Andrea Lazzarotto wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu= > ote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padd= > ing-left: 1ex;"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2012/11/29 mhampton <spa= > n dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"javascript:" target=3D"_blank" gdf-obfuscated-= > mailto=3D"JHmTfsAZISkJ">hamp...@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote cla= > ss=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;pa= > dding-left:1ex"> ><div>"So in Mathematica 9, one thing we=92ve added is built-in integration<= > br> > with the R statistics language." -- that's interesting. I think R has= ><br> > really won in the realm of advanced statistics. You just can't<br> > compete with it, you have to integrate it.</div></blockquote></div><br>Open= > source is the future, they have no chance.<br><br>BTW the fact they also s= > tarted to copy Sage features (such as R integration) is a clear signal.<br> ><br>Best regards,<br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><b style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,153= > )">Andrea Lazzarotto</b> - <a href=3D"http://andrealazzarotto.com"; target= >=3D"_blank">http://andrealazzarotto.com</a><i><br></i><br> ></blockquote> > ><p></p> > > -- <br /> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= > quot;sage-devel" group.<br /> > To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com.<br /> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel+unsubscribe@google= > groups.com.<br /> > Visit this group at <a href=3D"http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel?hl= >=3Den">http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel?hl=3Den</a>.<br /> > <br /> > <br /> > > ------=_Part_277_20394233.1354225639789-- > -- 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.
