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I think [R] addresses a niche market for high-end data analysts that want free, readily available code. [...] We have customers who build engines for aircraft. I am happy they are not using freeware when I get on a jet.
-- Anne H. Milley (director of technology product marketing at SAS, quoted in Ashlee Vance's article "Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power")
The New York Times (January 2009) #Rstats