Here are some interesting graphs on the relative intensity of mailing
lists on R and SAS:
http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e6/help/09/01/0535.html. I wonder if
there is an easy way to get statalist statistics in that form, too.
On 1/7/09, Stas Kolenikov <[email protected]> wrote:
> Saying that R is a supercharged version of Excel is like saying that a
> bicycle is a supercharged version of a horse... or a piano is a
> supercharged version of a guitar. And a threat to SAS was also funny
> to read about. I wonder if the writer had actually seen more of R than
> a screenshot, and talked to more than two users.
>
> R has better graphics, more stuff on non-parametrics, bioinformatics
> and data mining, and its price is hard to beat. Most R packages are
> somebody's recent dissertations. In the end, that's a geeky software
> for geeks. Stata is easier to learn, and is more oriented towards
> common applications: most Stata packages cover what you see in the
> textbooks.
>
>
> On 1/7/09, Dan Weitzenfeld <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> > Just a heads up: in today's Times, there is an article about R.
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07program.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
> > SAS is given specific mention, but not Stata.
> > I did a search of the archives for a thread comparing R and Stata, and
> > I didn't turn up much. I wonder if this article is a good occasion
> > for us to list all the pros of Stata over R. =)
> >
> > -Dan
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> > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
> > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
> >
>
>
>
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