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		nailer on Jan 7, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Data Analysts Captivated by Power of R He's quoting the article. But the person he's quoting, like you, confuses Open Source software / Free Software with freeware, which is generally considered to be unlicensed or public domain software.

rbanffy on Jan 7, 2009 [–]

No. The person quoted has to sell very expensive software.

These people are not dumb.

nailer on Jan 7, 2009 | [–]

I didn't say he wasn't deliberately confusing OSS / Free software with freeware.

rbanffy on Jan 8, 2009 | | [–]

I bet she is. It's kind of sad when people have to resort to disinformation to sell their stuff.

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