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MMaechler
Zurich, Switzerland
Mathematician, Statistician, R Expert, Free Software enthousiast, Follower of Jesus
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I'm really grateful for the update with the original S-news announcement of Ross! Thanks to SK and David Smith.
This has been a piece missing in our collection and that e-mail did get me on board after having pleaded for R to adopt the GPL.
Martin Maechler (R co-developer since ~ 1994/95)
Commented Nov 8, 2017 on An Updated History of R at Revolutions
An Updated History of R
Here's a refresher on the history of the R project: 1992: R development begins as a research project in Auckland, NZ by Robert Gentleman and Ross Ihaka 1993: First binary versions of R published at Statlib [see update, below] 1995: R first distributed as open-source software, under GPL2 licens...
Hmm, I have mixed feelings, too. If what you @David write about MS really were true, I'd be happy; then,
I feel similar to Tim Washburn's(Jan.23, 18:02).
David can you please make clear that this is about Revo, and not about R.
See what others make from the MS blog: "Micrsoft buys Revo ... and R" : http://bit.ly/15EVa2N
Not funny! I hope you can ensure that such misleading info is not spread, but corrected.
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich,
and R Core team since its beginning in 1995
Commented Jan 24, 2015 on Revolution Analytics joins Microsoft at Revolutions
Revolution Analytics joins Microsoft
by David Smith, Chief Community Officer On behalf of the entire Revolution Analytics team I am excited to announce that Revolution Analytics is joining forces with Microsoft to bring R to even more enterprises. Microsoft announced today that it will acquire Revolution Analytics. Now, Microsoft ...
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