Re: [R] off-topic: better OS for statistical computing

2007-09-10 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
My sense is that R users are even split between UNIX and Windows users so either will do in terms of the larger community. Some R packages may not be avaliable on every platform or will be available on one platform before another or there will be certain platform-specific issues. So in the end it

Re: [R] off-topic: better OS for statistical computing

2007-09-10 Thread Weiwei Shi
Linux! Mac OS is ok to me2. On 9/10/07, Wensui Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good morning, everyone, > I am sorry for this off-topic post but think I can get great answer > from this list. > My question is what is the best OS on PC (laptop) for statistical > computing and why. > I really appre

Re: [R] off-topic: better OS for statistical computing

2007-09-10 Thread Rolf Turner
On 11/09/2007, at 4:22 AM, Wensui Liu wrote: > Good morning, everyone, > I am sorry for this off-topic post but think I can get great answer > from this list. > My question is what is the best OS on PC (laptop) for statistical > computing and why. > I really appreciate your insight. > Have a nice

Re: [R] off-topic: better OS for statistical computing

2007-09-10 Thread Patrick Connolly
On Mon, 10-Sep-2007 at 12:26PM -0400, Gabor Grothendieck wrote: |> You want whatever all the people you are working with are using |> to make it as easy as possible to work together with them. Assuming you're using R, there is negligible difficulty using a different OS from what your colleagues u

Re: [R] off-topic: better OS for statistical computing

2007-09-10 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
You want whatever all the people you are working with are using to make it as easy as possible to work together with them. On 9/10/07, Wensui Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good morning, everyone, > I am sorry for this off-topic post but think I can get great answer > from this list. > My questi

[R] off-topic: better OS for statistical computing

2007-09-10 Thread Wensui Liu
Good morning, everyone, I am sorry for this off-topic post but think I can get great answer from this list. My question is what is the best OS on PC (laptop) for statistical computing and why. I really appreciate your insight. Have a nice day. __ R-help@