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Ashlee Vance's article on R in the New York Times. This is typical of the New York Times. Because they get to coast on the prestige and reputation of their brand , they have a history of just this sort of journalistic sloppiness. Whether it's the author or the editor at fault doesn't really m...

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/sas-warms-to-open-source-one-letter-at-a-time/ SAS Warms to Open-Source One Letter at a TimeBy ASHLEE VANCE<http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/author/ashlee-vance/> The SAS Institute has borrowed a page from Sesame Street. It is now sponsoring the letter 'R.' Last month, I wrote an article<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07program.html> about the ris...

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 To some people R is just the 18th letter of the alphabet. To others, it?s the rating on racy movies, a measure of an attic?s insulation or what pirates in movies say. R is also the name of a popular programming language used by a growing number of data analysts inside corporations and acade...

...ll and big companies , what sets SAS apart and the famous licensing model of SAS Interview – Anne Milley, SAS Part 1<http://smartdatacollective.com/Home/16909> Anne Milley has been a part of SAS Institute’s core strategy team. She was in the news recently with an article by the legendary Ashlee Vance in the Bits Blog of New York Times http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/sas-warms-to-open-source-one-letter-at-a-time/ In the article, Ms. Milley said, “I think it addresses a niche market for high-end data analysts that want free, readily available code. We have customers who build en...

...; 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 >>>> >>>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-gu...

Greetings all, This isn't a request for help, but I thought the following article from the New York Times would be of interest to you all. Enjoy! Adam *Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power* By ASHLEE VANCE Published ONLINE: January 6, 2009 URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07program.html A version of this article appeared in print edition on January 7, 2009, on page B6 R is also the name of a popular programming language used by a growing number of data analy...

Is anyone in the leadership of the R-project going to contact the New York Times and clarify that the article gave remarkably short shrift to the people who designed the user interface for R, to a large extent AT&T researchers from an earlier generation? It would be the appropriate thing to do. The R team did not develop the user interface for R, the designers of the S programming language

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