Re: [R] # of users of R, and biological examples of the use of R

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Subject: Re: [R] # of users of R, and biological examples of the use of R
From: Kjetil Kjernsmo (kjetil.kjernsmo@astro.uio.no)
Date: Wed 21 Jun 2000 - 03:39:01 EST 

Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.05.10006201936360.13569-100000@alnair.uio.no>

On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Martin Maechler wrote:

>{Now some musings, don't take me too seriously: I'm tired, it's hot, ....}
>
>At one moment in time I had dreamed of putting a "feature" into R which
>`registered' a user automatically when using R for the first time
>(by sending an e-mail to some "R counter" on the internet);
>but even if for a good purpose, it feels too much like "Big Brother"
>and "Virus/Worm"like behavior..

Yeah, but as long as you let the users know, it shouldn't be that bad. It
might also be worthwhile to have a look at the Pine First-use statistics:
<URL:http://staff.washington.edu/corey/pine-stats/>

Best,

Kjetil 

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