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Convener in chief:


David Lazer
(Methodology, Networked Governance)

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Stanley Wasserman
(Current Trends, Methodology, Social Networks)

Guy Stuart
(Economic Sociology, Finance)

David Gibson
(Social Networks, Interaction, Theory)

Allan Friedman
(Simulations)

Jukka-Pekka Onnela
(Methodology, Social Networks, Technology)

Nathan Eagle
(Technology, Social Computing, Powerlaws, Current Trends)

Ben Waber
(Technology, Social Computing)
Ines Mergel
(Knowledge Sharing, Social Computing, Social Software, Government 20)

Maria Binz-Scharf
(Qualitative Methodology, Knowledge Sharing, eGovernment)

Alexander Schellong
(Admin, eGovernment, Government 20, Citizen Relationship Management)

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22 November 2009

SAS is dead? What/Who's the New King?

Good story in The New York Times today on how SAS no longer has the attention of every major firm in the world: At a Software Powerhouse, the Good Life Is Under Siege. I didn't know that IBM purchased SPSS this past summer, and that other major software players are now battling the big dog.

Competition like this is good .... but I'll remain a R man --- it's free and at a much higher level ..... Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power

Posted by Stan Wasserman at November 22, 2009 6:56 PM