Easy to install open source software passes monolithic antiquated giant platform. Who'da thunkit? Only thing SAS has going for it at the moment is their new-ish clustering support with Hadoop. I don't really know of a good way to set up an R cluster.
It's interesting that this software is so jargon-ed that it can simply go by the letter R. Which reminds me of a video I watched of a lecture delivered by a statistician who was discussing how jargon can inhibit the accessibility of knowledge. He made several more interesting points...I'll try and find it so I can share. Can't seem to locate it now.
ok. question. How does one vocalize "C#" In my world it's "C sharp", because the octothorpe is also the symbol used for denoting the raising of a pitch by a half step.