I even carry a copy of R on a USB so that I can do a bit of work on a machine that does not have it installed. It's a bit slow and one would not want to do anything major with it but it's handy to show someone a quick graph or check something when far from the office.
--- seanpor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Neil Shephard wrote: > > > > Another pro to consider is the cost, you can > obtain R for free, > > SAS/S-Plus/Stata all have licenses of some sort > that require purchasing. > > > > Neil > > > > Which has the side effect of *not* restricting how > many machines are > available for use or where; e.g. I was running big > process a couple of > different times with different scenarios, so I just > fired up a few un-used > machines and had them all running in parallel for > the afternoon - no > installation issues as I was able to run it off the > network drive (windows > as it happens). If I was licence restricted this > would not have been > possible. > > Similarly I can do analyses at home on any machine > or even if I'm visiting > somewhere else! > > Regards > Sean ______________________________________________ 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-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.