The Apache Foundation has a whole article stating that open source projects shall be managed and used independently of any commercial interest:
https://community.apache.org/projectIndependence.html So Microsoft could donate, if interested, money or other resources for such specific role, but always taking special care of company interest independence. Juan El 29/9/2017 2:23 p. m., "Juan Telleria" <jteller...@gmail.com> escribió: > I agree with Moshe. > > It is important to maintain the independence of R as a programming > language by itselft, even if it could benefit from Microsoft work (C++ Base > Code, etc.), it is better in my opinion to keep it independent. > > Also, Duncan work and know-how shall be transferred to the next future R > Core Developer which will be in charge of Duncan's roles. And, if > appropriate, transfer the scripts Duncan might use, the documentation, etc. > > Thank you, > Juan > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
