  | |  | off-topic question: Latex and R in industries | off-topic question: Latex and R in industries 2005-04-06 - By Patrick Burns
Thomas Lumley wrote:
> The other real question is "Why?". I can see the motivation of people > who want to use R and need to convince their management that it is > safe, but inflicting R on people who haven't heard of it and are > perfectly happy that way seems unnecessary. What would be the benefit?
Actually, I see it as part of my job to inflict R on people who are perfectly happy to have never heard of it. Happiness doesn't equal proficient and efficient. In some cases the proficiency of a person serves a greater good than their momentary happiness.
Patrick Burns
Burns Statistics patrick@(protected) +44 (0)20 8525 0696 http://www.burns-stat.com (home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User")
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