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...".
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07progra
m.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Art
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