[R] 10% off Intro R training from RStudio: NYC May 13-14, SF May 20-21

2013-04-16 Thread Hadley Wickham
Hi all, At RStudio, we're hosting our Introduction to R Workshop this May in two locations. As an R-help subscriber, we're offering 10% off! * Intro to data science with R (http://goo.gl/bplg3) May 13-14 New York City * Intro to data science with R (http://goo.gl/VCUFL) May 20-21 San

Re: [R] 10% off Intro R training from RStudio: NYC May 13-14, SF May 20-21

2013-04-16 Thread Bert Gunter
Hadley: I don't think this is appropriate. Think of what it would be like if everyone shilled their R training and consulting wares here. Bert Sent from my iPhone -- please excuse typos. On Apr 16, 2013, at 8:09 AM, Hadley Wickham h.wick...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, At RStudio, we're

Re: [R] 10% off Intro R training from RStudio: NYC May 13-14, SF May 20-21

2013-04-16 Thread John Kane
-Original Message- From: gunter.ber...@gene.com Sent: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:43:14 -0700 To: h.wick...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [R] 10% off Intro R training from RStudio: NYC May 13-14, SF May 20-21 Hadley: I don't think this is appropriate. Think of what it would be like

Re: [R] 10% off Intro R training from RStudio: NYC May 13-14, SF May 20-21

2013-04-16 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Bert Gunter gunter.ber...@gene.com wrote: Hadley: I don't think this is appropriate. Think of what it would be like if everyone shilled their R training and consulting wares here. Everyone does, don't they? A search on Nabble shows up regular postings from

Re: [R] 10% off Intro R training from RStudio: NYC May 13-14, SF May 20-21

2013-04-16 Thread Mark Leeds
Hi Bert: given what Hadley and Rstudio have provided to the R-community, what's the big deal of letting people know about a class. It's the ideal place to send the notice. and yes, as Barry and John said, every other commercial entity does send to the R-list. Mark On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at

Re: [R] 10% off Intro R training from RStudio: NYC May 13-14, SF May 20-21

2013-04-16 Thread Hadley Wickham
Hi Bert, We are following the mailing list guidelines to the best of our knowledge (e.g. http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/R-development-master-class-NYC-Dec-12-13-td4037031.html#a4038699). It's our belief (as shared by others) that advertising our courses falls under the general aegis of helping

Re: [R] 10% off Intro R training from RStudio: NYC May 13-14, SF May 20-21

2013-04-16 Thread Michael Weylandt
On Apr 16, 2013, at 12:43, Bert Gunter gunter.ber...@gene.com wrote: Hadley: I don't think this is appropriate. Think of what it would be like if everyone shilled their R training and consulting wares here. Echoing others, this seems an accepted practice on the lists, endorsed at least