Where is the "like" button when you need it? Joris Meys wrote: > 2011/11/18 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso<jord...@octave.org>: > >> I don't see how MOSEK is making free software stronger. It's not >> encouraging the usage of more free software. It's encouraging the use >> of MOSEK. MOSEK should not be endorsed by an organisation that is >> supposed to promote free software. >> >> If these really are your views and they're representative of the R >> project, then the solution seems to be to make R stop calling itself >> part of the GNU project. I hope it doesn't do this. >> >> - Jordi G. H. >> >> > I'm not going into the discussion about which license represents what. > I hate politics and ideological discussions because of all the blabla. > I'm a statistician. I work with facts. > > Fact : Simon is not the R-project, the R-core or the R community. He's > one guy, and a pretty smart one that is. > Fact : At my department several people use R only because they have > access to non-GPL programs through R: because they can load Excel and > SPSS files if they have to, connect to SQLServer and Access, ... > Fact : They often don't use Octave for exactly the same reason: They > don't have access to the tools they need. They're using Matlab > instead. We do have SPlus on the servers too. Guess how many people > are using that... > Fact : I get paid for statistical advice. I pay for a hammer. I pay > for a bike. If I have to pay for a tool I need on my computer, I pay > for it. If there's a free alternative that can get me as far, I use > that one and support their community with a gift if I care enough > about the tool. Which reminds me... > Fact : If I see too many quasi-religious statements, tool goes out and > I leave the building. > > You're not doing your cause a favor here. > > Cheers > Joris > > Being religious about free software never helped the cause. And by > >> ______________________________________________ >> r-de...@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> >> > > >
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