Re: is something afoot in the stat world?

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2 total messages Started by J. Philip Miller Fri, 23 Jul 1993 01:31

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Author: J. Philip Miller
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 01:31

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> Lately there has been unusual activity among vendors of statistical packages,
> e.g. spss going public, mathsoft (mathcad) merging/acquiring stat-sci (s+).
> I wonder, is something afoot  and if so what?
>
One interpretation is that the founding founders of those companies, SPSS &
StatSci are deciding now is an opportune time to cash in their chips and pool
the proceeds withe their TIAA account and plan their retirement.  Certainly
with the general economic forcasts of the last several years, it would have
been hard to do previously.  Perhaps neither of them saw any clear indicators
that they could grow substantially over the next several years by following
their current course.

One could speculate more and make comparisons with those that are not selling
out but I will refrain..............................

-phil

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     J. Philip Miller, Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Box 8067
         Washington University Medical School, St. Louis MO 63110
          phil@wubios.WUstl.edu - (314) 362-3617 [362-2693(FAX)]

Re: is something afoot in the stat world?

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Author: Jerry Dallal
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 21:14

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In article <9307230131.AA17583@wubios>, "J. Philip Miller" <phil@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU> writes:
> One could speculate more and make comparisons with those that are not selling
> out but I will refrain..............................

Don't be shy.  Go for it!

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