Date:         Wed, 6 May 2009 21:45:04 -0400
Reply-To:     Sigurd Hermansen <HERMANS1@WESTAT.COM>
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From:         Sigurd Hermansen <HERMANS1@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS or R?
Comments: To: Mike Rhoads <RHOADSM1@WESTAT.com>
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Mike:
That means you don't remembered the $200. bet we made with you taking the Flyers against the Caps in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs?
S

-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Rhoads
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 12:57 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: SAS or R?


I also received this today.

The fine print at the end of the message states that: "You received this e-mail because you've subscribed to the Inference for R newsletter or downloaded Inference for R."

I don't recall doing either, but maybe my memory just isn't what it used to be ...

Mike Rhoads
RhoadsM1@Westat.com



-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI)
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:41 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: FW: SAS or R?


> From: Inference for R Newsletter
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 8:52 AM
> Subject: SAS or R?

> Inference for R News

> You may have seen the recent New York Times article

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07progra
m.html

> touting R as the "lingua franca" for data-analysis. R's emergence as
the
> language of choice for analysts of all stripes has fueled a debate
about the
> merits of R compared to SAS.  While R offers a rapidly growing
collection of
> cutting-edge graphical and computational open-source analysis
programs, it
> hasn't been able to match SAS's solid history of support in the
corporate
> environment.

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