[R] Moving from Splus to R - advice/opinions request from a management perspective

2006-07-27 Thread Dave
Hi, I've looked through the archives and seen several posts discussing technical differences between R and S(plus). It appears to me that R can likely functionally replace Splus for my situation, but I'm more interested in looking at the risks and benefits of moving from Splus to R from

Re: [R] Moving from Splus to R - advice/opinions request from a management perspective

2006-07-27 Thread Uwe Ligges
Dave wrote: Hi, I've looked through the archives and seen several posts discussing technical differences between R and S(plus). It appears to me that R can likely functionally replace Splus for my situation, but I'm more interested in looking at the risks and benefits of moving

Re: [R] Moving from Splus to R - advice/opinions request from a management perspective

2006-07-27 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
How large is your data? If its large you may or may not have problems. If its small you probably won't. Try prototyping the most data intensive portion in R before you commit significant resources. S Plus can time stamp objects and R cannot although you could come up with some workarounds for