[ESS] Finding Rterm in R 2.12.0 on Windows

Rodney Sparapani rsparapa at mcw.edu
Fri Feb 11 20:15:14 CET 2011


On 02/11/11 12:53 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:
> I may will that, but like others in here, feel conflicted in
> supporting Windows. It makes me mad, I would rather fix Linux or Mac
> any day, but these poor unsuspecting students keep showing up with
> their computers that have Windows.  My university has bent over
> backwards to help the students buy the newest version of windows.  I
> used to say "That OS sucks, you should give up" but they don't seem
> to.  They just decide to avoid me.  Which is not entirely bad, but
> mostly bad.
>
> pj
Hi Paul:

I guess I'm in the same boat; I give up!  I too have to support
people with Windows.  However, I'm not going to recommend it any
more.  Up until XP, I was pretty comfortable helping them.  But now,
with Vista/7, I'm not going to be of much use since I mostly use WINE.
I'm going to openly recommend Mac and Linux since you can dual-boot
Windows if needed.  Also, besides WINE, there are commercial products
like Parallels and Fusion.  There is no longer any excuse to run
Windows exclusively.

-- 
Rodney Sparapani       Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research
Sr. Biostatistician               http://www.mcw.edu/pcor
4 wheels good, 2 wheels better!   Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW)
WWLD?:  What Would Lombardi Do?   Milwaukee, WI, USA



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