Free Software Lures Data Miners
R you experienced? Sorry, I have a hard time resisting Jimi Hendrix references. Anyway, this article on R, the open-source programming language favored by data miners, was interesting. More on R here and here. The pooh-poohing of R by a SAS spokesman rang hollow to me. They sound scared. For good reason. The list of companies using R is no joke, and it's applicable to a broad range of tasks. And of course, the price is right. |
