R and its GUI Rattle helped me establish a data mining consulting startup on
my own, without taking bank credit .
People I met on the forum and especially books like
rforsasandspssusers.com/ <http://rforsasandspssusers.com/>
helped me ease the transition to the new Object Oriented method from the
earlier -
even a monkey can create shakespeare if he types enough kind of analytics
software.
.Since I am in India , the cost differences can cause almost a digital
divide in who can and who cant use sophisticated software.
Thanks to the Angels here....Yes we Can R...............
Regards,
Ajay
www.decisionstats.com
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Simon Pickett <simon.pickett@bto.org>
wrote:
> I would like to add that I would have spent many more years doing my PhD if
> it wasnt for R! all data management, statistics and graphics were conducted
> using it. This was the direction my university and many more research
> institutes appear to be heading.
>
> It probably doesnt get said enough and I am sure I speak for all young
> researchers I am very much in debt for all the kind souls who have helped
me
> and other newbies on this forum over the years,
>
> Thanks very much R team.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank E Harrell Jr" <
> f.harrell@vanderbilt.edu>
> To: "Bill Pikounis" <billpikounis@gmail.com>
> Cc: <r-help@r-project.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [R] R in the NY Times
>
>
>
> Bill Pikounis wrote:
>>
>>> Pardon my exuberance, but this is simply awesome. What a treat to
find
>>> on the front web page of the NY Times this morning under
Technology. I
>>> think the article is very well written by the author, and I think
it
>>> captures top highlights of why the software and community are so
>>> special.
>>>
>>> Continued high gratitude to all of R-core and the R community for
its
>>> unique accomplishments. Every bit of praise is well-earned and
>>> deserved.
>>>
>>> I have continuously claimed to colleagues (primarily pharma
industry)
>>> for the past 8 years or so that R is the most exciting going on in
the
>>> area of statistics.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bill
>>>
>>
>> Amen to that, and in addition, R is now the top tool for everyday
>> analysis, not just a research statistician's tool.
>>
>> Frank
>>
>>
>>> ####################
>>>
>>> Bill Pikounis
>>> Statistician
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 08:10, Zaslavsky, Alan M.
>>> <zaslavsk@hcp.med.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This article is accompanied by nice pictures of Robert and
Ross.
>>>>
>>>> Data Analysts Captivated by Power of R
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07program.html
>>>>
>>>> January 7, 2009
>>>> Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power
>>>> By ASHLEE VANCE
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>
>> --
>> Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine
>> Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University
>>
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