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Re: RStudio,a new IDE for R

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Post by dualogy » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 2:44 AM UTC

dacort wrote: post #3

Completely off-topic, but the first thing I thought of when I saw this was R-Studio, an old file/disk recovery software. I was surprised to see that the R IDE has a trademark on "RStudio" (in both US and Canada) given that the former has been around for at least a decade. I guess R-Tools just never cared to file for a TM?

Ianal but afaik (TM) is by definition non-registered (or filed). (R) is. (That's why I (tm) my commercial stuff but I don't (R) any.)

Re: RStudio,a new IDE for R

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 11:09 AM UTC

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Re: RStudio,a new IDE for R

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Post by fxj » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 11:10 AM UTC

jcheng wrote: post #11

equark wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But you make native dialog calls too? Care to expand on how Qt, GWT, pure Javascript mix? I think you guys have really pulled off something great in terms of cross platform support and the web.

> But you make native dialog calls too? Yes, sometimes we call back into native code, especially to do things like file dialogs that you really prefer to be native. > Care to expand on how Qt, GWT, pure Javascript mix? I think you guys have really pulled off something great in terms of cross platform support and the web. Thanks! We use QtWebkit as the container for our UI. QtWebkit has hooks to let Qt code execute Ja…

hm tried it on mac snow leopard and all i get is an empty white frame. :((

i have kde3 installed on the mac. might that cause some problems?

Re: RStudio,a new IDE for R

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Post by TalGalili » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 1:40 PM UTC

kenjackson wrote: post #17

olalonde wrote: post #4

AGPL license, interesting. I suppose the plan is to monetize with a hosting/SaaS service? Edit: Found the answer on their blog: > RStudio is also a company, and we plan to sell services (support, training, consulting, hosting) related to the open-source software we distribute.

I'd be curious to hear their calculus for why they thought this services route would be more lucrative than selling the product and services. It seems like the type of product that people who would balk at purchasing it would be the same type to balkat most types of services listed (except maybe hosting).

Also notice there are other non-open-source alternatives such as the IDE of Revolution.

I am very happy to see the way this is turning out...

Re: RStudio,a new IDE for R

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Post by stevefarnworth » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 4:08 PM UTC

Didn't know anything about R until seeing this post, downloaded the Windows binary and within the hour I was producing graphs. Much easier to get into than MatLab (used it at uni, which is probably why I have an aversion to it!).

Really nice bit of kit (as is the R language), and it's free!

Re: RStudio,a new IDE for R

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Post by jcheng » Wed, Mar 02, 2011, 8:00 PM UTC

fxj wrote: post #33

jcheng wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But you make native dialog calls too? Yes, sometimes we call back into native code, especially to do things like file dialogs that you really prefer to be native. > Care to expand on how Qt, GWT, pure Javascript mix? I think you guys have really pulled off something great in terms of cross platform support and the web. Thanks! We use QtWebkit as the container for our UI. QtWebkit has hooks to let Qt code execute Ja…

hm tried it on mac snow leopard and all i get is an empty white frame. :(( i have kde3 installed on the mac. might that cause some problems?

More likely a proxy server issue; make sure any HTTP proxy you use is bypassed for localhost and 127.0.0.1. If that doesn't work, come visit us at http://support.rstudio.org!