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July 28, 2009
IBM To Buy SPSS for $1.2B
SPSS makes the popular analytical software for statistics that is heavily usedby business and academic institutions. CNET has the story. [MG]
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The only way that IBM can realize the value of the SPSS purchase is to open source the SPSS software (such as their PASW Statistics and PASW Modeler) or release it free to the community,just like their Eclipse IDE.
Posted by: Ciao | Sep 29, 2009 10:22:30 PM
