Re: [MLUG] a good time to dump Windows?

[Mark Haidekker <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Thanks, Mike, for the pointers. See below:

>
> I also liked that feature of WP.  My problem is that everyone now expects
> Word documents.  Our University has a contract with MS and they seem to
> want us to use MS Word, etc.  

We, too, have Word dominance. I don't accept that. For example, I require 
student turnins to be either pdf or an open format (i.e. OpenOffice). When 
somebody sends me a Word attachment, I can either open it with OO, or I can't 
Generally it's _them_ who want me to read their stuff, so it's their 
responsibility to provide me with a readable version. Besides, why would you 
attach a Word file if the content is formatting-free plain text? 

Depending on the person, I ask for a different format or point at 
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html


> I'm sure it is harder to use, but I'm really into R now.  It has excellent
> statistical graphics.  It's the major open-source (GPL even) effort in
> statistics today.

R seems to be good, but has a steep learning curve. And I have limited time. I 
wish I could use R just like that. 

Mark

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