It may be a strategic move from SPSS Inc to shift low margin customers
to R rather than cede ground to others (who are moving anyways) and
move to high margin customers
also someone forgot to tell the wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPSSAlso look at the stock market price of SPSS at
http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=SPSS#symbol=SPSS;range=5ythe stock is up 25 % in last one month and has beaten the DOW
consistently for last five years.
and a note on the stock price manipulation case which was dismissed at
http://securities.stanford.edu/1030/SPSSE04-01/But someone has written stuff against them on the wiki as well
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPSS_Inc.
SPSS Inc. is a software house incorporated in Chicago, most noted for
the proprietary software of the same name SPSS. The use of this name
has been the subject of ongoing legal action against the company for
many years
bottom line- the game's afoot.
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Keefer, Robert P. <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> Like so many others on this list, I remember the big blue syntax manual
> (still have it!), and when I first figured out how to avoid punching cards
> by entering the code on a dumb terminal. Now the company I’ve supported all
> these years (my small university didn’t even have SPSS until I insisted that
> it was a necessity after they hired me) is trying to drive me to learn R.
> Nice going guys; at least our accountants will be happy!
>
>
>
> bob k.
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