[Blindmath] An Article on the Popularity of R

[Roopakshi Pathania]

Hi all,

Here is an article that talks about the increased popularity of R, not just in the academic circles, but also in the corporate sector.
Company's selling statistical software have also acknowledged the existence of R as a true competitor.

This is a good news for students of Mathematics/ Statistics if they learn data analysis using R as I think this could turn into a good opportunity for finding jobs.

SAS and IBM/SPSS rise to the open source R opportunity
By adding R support, both companies show that commercial vendors can turn an open source threat into an opportunity

http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source/sas-and-ibmspss-rise-open-source-r-opportunity-519

Regards

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