Welcome To Open Source

admin · 6th February 2009, 09:24 AM

Eugene Dubossarsky has kindly posted a manifesto for this forum. Viva La Revolucion!

Open source analytics is a growing area in the commerical analytics world. More organisation adopt open source
analytics tools, and the vendors have noticed. In particular, SAS, SPSS and Statsoft have all created interfaces into R, one of the most commonly used industrial-strength open source analytics tools.

In the current economic conditions, expensive software will not be a justifiable purchase, especially when free tools can be obtained to do just as well, and the money spent on much more badly needed expertise, training and advice. Further, without huge software outlays it is possible to experiment, make mistakes and take time to derive true value from analytics tools and projects.

With the release of RevolutionR a few days ago, the commercial credibility of R has gone up significantly.

This group will discuss all aspects of commercial use of open source tools such as R, Rattle, Weka, RapidMiner, Knime, Pentaho and others. Both BI and advanced analytics tools are within scope.

We will discuss business models, integration with vendor tools and sales methods.

All applications are within scope, but we are interested in commercial (ie value, including government and NGO) applications, NOT pure research.

Techincal, communications, systems and political issues are all within scope.

Some links:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/te...07program.html

http://www.revolution-computing.com/..._Free_R_PR.pdf

http://www.r-project.org/

Jo Vincent · 7th February 2009, 01:11 PM

I'm a SAS user and (so far) I haven't gotten involved with open source analytics. I have heard about R but I don't know anyone in the commercial area who uses it.

Isn't it mainly a research tool? Or am I missing something?

Can anyone tell me of a commercial organisation in Australia or NZ that is using R in a serious way? By serious, I mean something more than by a single analyst working on stand-alone solutions.

If you can - then what exactly are they using it for and why not use SAS, Siebel, TM1 or something?

Thanks!

6th February 2009, 09:24 AM	#1
admin Administrator Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 14,319 Blog Entries: 7	Welcome To Open Source Eugene Dubossarsky has kindly posted a manifesto for this forum. Viva La Revolucion! Open source analytics is a growing area in the commerical analytics world. More organisation adopt open source analytics tools, and the vendors have noticed. In particular, SAS, SPSS and Statsoft have all created interfaces into R, one of the most commonly used industrial-strength open source analytics tools. In the current economic conditions, expensive software will not be a justifiable purchase, especially when free tools can be obtained to do just as well, and the money spent on much more badly needed expertise, training and advice. Further, without huge software outlays it is possible to experiment, make mistakes and take time to derive true value from analytics tools and projects. With the release of RevolutionR a few days ago, the commercial credibility of R has gone up significantly. This group will discuss all aspects of commercial use of open source tools such as R, Rattle, Weka, RapidMiner, Knime, Pentaho and others. Both BI and advanced analytics tools are within scope. We will discuss business models, integration with vendor tools and sales methods. All applications are within scope, but we are interested in commercial (ie value, including government and NGO) applications, NOT pure research. Techincal, communications, systems and political issues are all within scope. Some links: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/te...07program.html http://www.revolution-computing.com/..._Free_R_PR.pdf http://www.r-project.org/

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7th February 2009, 01:11 PM	#2
Jo Vincent Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 45	I'm a SAS user and (so far) I haven't gotten involved with open source analytics. I have heard about R but I don't know anyone in the commercial area who uses it. Isn't it mainly a research tool? Or am I missing something? Can anyone tell me of a commercial organisation in Australia or NZ that is using R in a serious way? By serious, I mean something more than by a single analyst working on stand-alone solutions. If you can - then what exactly are they using it for and why not use SAS, Siebel, TM1 or something? Thanks!