Re: [tlug] GPL vs. paid version and ethics

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Darren Cook writes:
 > > OpenOffice is just a wannabe.  Octave is not Matlab, R is not S, and
 > > Maxima is not Mathematica.  MySQL and PostgreSQL are wonderful, but
 > > they're not Oracle or DB2. ...
 > 
 > Stephen, it seems the "Open Office is Not Microsoft Office" equivalent
 > for R is "R is not SAS":

No, R is not UI or API compatible with SAS, unless SAS has changed
completely in the 30 years since I used it. :-)

 > http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/33780/r-vs-sas-why-is-sas-prefered-by-private-companies

Interesting ref, thanks!