I'm probably the least authoratative to say anything, but before we get a flood of messages like this...
(IMHO) in a word, "nothing". What Insightful aquired (I believe) is the right to the core S code that were used underneath S-PLUS. Without this right, Insightful would have to renew the license with Bell Labs every few years. That adds some uncertainty to their business. R to S-PLUS is sort of like Linux to Unix(TM), from the IP perspective. It was written from scratch, without any orginial Bell Labs S source. Even the S4 classes implemented in the methods package was a complete re-implementation, because R and S are so different `under the hood'. OK, I've say too much already... Andy > From: john lewis > > Hello > I just received an email from Insightful, Inc. saying that they have > purchased the S license from Lucent Technologies. > Will this have any major impact on R or the future development of R? > John Lewis > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments,...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
