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-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > -- Joris Meys Statistical consultant Ghent University Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bio-Informatics tel : +32 9 264 59 87 joris.m...@ugent.be ------------------------------- Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
