I believe the SAS person shot themselves in the foot more in more ways than one. In my mind, the reason you would pay, as Frank said, for > non-peer-reviewed software with hidden implementations of analytic > methods that cannot be reproduced by others
Would be so that you can sue them later when a software problem in the designing of the engine makes your plane fall out of the sky! Bryan ************* Bryan Hanson Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry DePauw University, Greencastle IN USA >> ³I think it addresses a niche market for high-end data analysts that >> want free, readily available code," said Anne H. Milley, director of >> technology product marketing at SAS. She adds, ³We have customers who >> build engines for aircraft. I am happy they are not using freeware >> when I get on a jet.² >> > > Thanks for posting. Does anyone else find the statement by SAS to be > humourous yet arrogant and short-sighted? > > Kevin ______________________________________________ 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.
