R help - Jan 2009 - New York Times Article: Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power

Readers of this list might be interested in the following article in the
New York Times and might find amusing the notion that "Some people
familiar with R describe it as a supercharged version of Microsoft's
Excel spreadsheet software...".
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07progra
m.html?_r=1&ref=technology
 
Art
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Sure, that statement is in it self somewhat amusing.  But the article 
itself is very good PR.  I am sending off copies of the link to many of 
my colleagues, some sceptic, others not sceptic at all.  Thanks!

Tom

Arthur Burke wrote:
> Readers of this list might be interested in the following article in the
> New York Times and might find amusing the notion that "Some people
> familiar with R describe it as a supercharged version of Microsoft's
> Excel spreadsheet software...".
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07progra
> m.html?_r=1&ref=technology
>  
> Art
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> Art Burke
> Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
> 101 SW Main St, Suite 500
> Portland, OR 97204-3213
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> Phone:  503-275-9592 / 800-547-6339
> 
> Fax: 503-275-0450
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> burkea at nwrel.org 
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> "Some people familiar with R describe it as a supercharged version of
>  Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet software..."
Maybe it's my dry Australian humour, but I think this should go into the
fortunes package.

Simon.
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Simon Blomberg, BSc (Hons), PhD, MAppStat. 
Lecturer and Consultant Statistician 
Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences 
The University of Queensland 
St. Lucia Queensland 4072 
Australia
Room 320 Goddard Building (8)
T: +61 7 3365 2506
http://www.uq.edu.au/~uqsblomb
email: S.Blomberg1_at_uq.edu.au

Policies:
1.  I will NOT analyse your data for you.
2.  Your deadline is your problem.

The combination of some data and an aching desire for 
an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can 
be extracted from a given body of data. - John Tukey.