tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693729369148936216.post8045865279906845955..comments2023-04-11T07:53:42.569-07:00Comments on Linda Burtch's blog: The Great Debate: SAS vs. RSusan Bearmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14991968368214219371noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693729369148936216.post-91163520287974976692014-05-29T09:29:46.607-07:002014-05-29T09:29:46.607-07:00There is a modern UI for R that anyone can sue: RS...There is a modern UI for R that anyone can sue: RStudio. It takes no more effort to learn RStudio than Excel, it is incredibly well designed, and could be on the desktop of every analyst today if they wanted it.Sean Daysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18199657624096855598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693729369148936216.post-38043388558293310562014-05-08T13:17:52.769-07:002014-05-08T13:17:52.769-07:00I think that SAS has acknowledged the lack of acce...I think that SAS has acknowledged the lack of access, and has now enabled free access to academics.<br /><br />http://www.sas.com/en_us/industry/higher-education/on-demand-for-academics.htmlRalph Wintersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693729369148936216.post-44967921053102016792014-04-11T21:15:57.311-07:002014-04-11T21:15:57.311-07:00I use R because it is free. I do not use SAS not b...I use R because it is free. I do not use SAS not because I am against it but I have no access to it.kwanyuethohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303313999066753836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693729369148936216.post-21351664575640714622014-04-11T16:24:28.985-07:002014-04-11T16:24:28.985-07:00Well, if predictive analytics is the holy grail of...Well, if predictive analytics is the holy grail of business intelligence (as most believe it is), then why should it not be available to everyone? If you had a modern UI for R that anyone without a PhD in stats could use -or- trying to put SAS on everyone's desk, which would you choose? SAS was modern once too, just a very, very, long time ago.Deannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693729369148936216.post-15235669226039774642014-04-11T03:23:37.196-07:002014-04-11T03:23:37.196-07:00I think R has much greater opportunities to get fu...I think R has much greater opportunities to get further developed in the next few years.<br />R is opened to big data, parallel computing, cloud solutions and much more.<br />SAS, like Oracle, Sap and AS400, belongs to the past decades and does not respond anymore to the real needings of the market.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14803598457435143934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693729369148936216.post-84266489960229953712014-04-09T16:52:13.220-07:002014-04-09T16:52:13.220-07:00I'd love to see a break down by years of exper...I'd love to see a break down by years of experience. Stewart Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03779300773899440562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693729369148936216.post-86847588475330366892014-04-04T20:13:45.770-07:002014-04-04T20:13:45.770-07:00This is a great post. The debate SAS vs. R is defi...This is a great post. The debate SAS vs. R is definitely going grow because multiple reasons including cost reduction. <br /><br />http://www.nonodata.com/2014/02/24/case-nosql-database-windows/Bertinhttp://www.nonodata.com/2014/02/24/case-nosql-database-windows/noreply@blogger.com