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R 2.11.0 just landed…

April 23, 2010 | M. Parzakonis

The new version is here. R version 2.11.0 has been released on 2010-04-22. The source code is first available in this directory, and eventually via all of CRAN. Binaries will arrive in due course (see download instructions above). [Read more...]

R 2.11.0 due date

March 23, 2010 | M. Parzakonis

This is the announcement as posted in the mailing list : This is to announce that we plan to release R version 2.11.0 on Thursday, April 22, 2010. Those directly involved should review the generic schedule at http://developer.r-project.org/release-checklist.html The source tarballs will be made available daily (barring build troubles) ... [Read more...]

PoRtable…

February 24, 2010 | M. Parzakonis

Jobless as I might be, I do have some clients for data analysis. I try not to visit them in their office coz then things get really slow and time-consuming. When I can’t escape this, the worst thing is tuning data and software with client. So, I have a ...

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[Event] R / Finance 2010: Applied Finance with R

February 5, 2010 | Manos Parzakonis

One of the greatest event on R is under way… R / Finance 2010: Applied Finance with R April 16 & 17, Chicago, IL, US The second annual R / Finance conference for applied finance using R, the premier free software system for statistical computation and graphics, will be held this spring in Chicago, IL, USA ... [Read more...]

Start your engines; it’s a Linux era!

December 29, 2009 | Manos Parzakonis

Well, I’m writing this from my new system. After years on hiatus I migrated to Linux, once again. Setting up a full system on Linux for a Greek user had been one of the greatest challenges. First,of all setting up writing, reading & printing in Greek was the biggest ...