From: "Richard Rowe" To: "Paul Murrell" Subject: Re: message Date: Friday, February 01, 2002 7:50 PM At 11:43 14/01/02 +1300, you wrote: >Hi > >I have just received the bottle of scotch you left with Brian McArdle for >me. >Thank you very much! > >I'm sorry I missed your visit; I would have liked to talk to you about how >you use grid (Brian suggested it was via nlme). Maybe next time :) > >Anyway, thanks again for your kind gift, it is really appreciated. No problems - it was either you (and by implication Deepayan) for grid/lattice or Mike Lapsley for RODBC, but rumour has it he has ceased support ... I use RODBC but my main use of grid/lattice is in proselytising for R use in workshops I run for our grad students and when it pops up as a display device (say in nlme). Both grid/lattice and RODBC are tools which make R more rounded and more powerful - general services. Grid is more fundamental than lattice as it provides a core service on which many graphics interfaces can be built, so you got the bottle. I hope to donate a bottle to the cause each year, it is a little thing and there are so many worthy recipients. The two previous recipients of the bottle of scotch were Ross and Brian Ripley, Richard