I found this on CrossValidated: "A medical statistician once told me, that they use SAS because if they make mistakes due to software bugs and it comes to lawsuits, SAS will recompensate them. R comes without warranty." Kjetil
On 12-08-07 10:46 PM, Kjetil Halvorsen wrote:> I found this on CrossValidated: > > "A medical statistician once told me, that they use SAS because if > they make mistakes due to software bugs and it comes to lawsuits, SAS > will recompensate them. R comes without warranty." >I suspect that statistician has never tried to collect. The statement on the SAS website refers to the website, not the software, but it has a statement that is pretty typical of commercial software licenses: Warranties and Disclaimers EXCEPT WHERE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED OTHERWISE IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND SAS, ALL INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL SAS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR USE, INCURRED BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT OR TORT, ARISING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO, OR USE OF, THIS Web SITE OR ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED Web SITE. I would quote from the actual software license, but it doesn't appear to be online. The R license is online, and gives you just as strong a warranty (i.e. none!) plus quite a few more rights than the typical commercial software license. Duncan Murdoch
On 08/08/12 14:46, Kjetil Halvorsen wrote:> I found this on CrossValidated: > > "A medical statistician once told me, that they use SAS because if > they make mistakes due to software bugs and it comes to lawsuits, SAS > will recompensate them. R comes without warranty." >If the "medical statistician" really believes that "SAS will recompensate them" then I have ocean-front property in Arizona to sell him. Or her. And I sincerely hope that *my* health does not depend on any results of that "medical statistician's" analyses. cheers, Rolf Turner P. S. There is no such word as "recompensate". R. T.
The Department of Redundancy Department can "recompensate"... Regards, Yihui -- Yihui Xie <xieyihui at gmail.com> Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name Department of Statistics, Iowa State University 2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Rolf Turner <rolf.turner at xtra.co.nz> wrote:> cheers, > > Rolf Turner > > P. S. There is no such word as "recompensate".
On 09/08/12 14:35, Yihui Xie wrote:> The Department of Redundancy Department can "recompensate"...Yessssssss!!!! :-) cheers, Rolf
On 08/09/2012 07:17 AM, Rolf Turner wrote:> ... > P. S. There is no such word as "recompensate". >Thanks to R, the internet and pretentious, semi-literate public servants around the world, there probably is now. Jim
> -----Original Message----- > From: jim at bitwrit.com.au > Sent: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:55:29 +1000 > To: rolf.turner at xtra.co.nz > Subject: Re: [R] R versus SAS > > On 08/09/2012 07:17 AM, Rolf Turner wrote: >> ... >> P. S. There is no such word as "recompensate". >> > Thanks to R, the internet and pretentious, semi-literate public servants > around the world, there probably is now. > > JimWait a minute now. Perhaps it's some recursive compensation scheme/ Ugh, I think I am getting a head ache. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop!