R Statistics updated to Microsoft R Open in Windows workstations
ITS starts updating the application in those centrally managed Windows workstations that have the deployed installation "R Statistics with R Studio Aalto".
Update will happen automatically, but can be expedited with
The version provided by Microsoft includes optimizations and support for multi-core processing while promising 100% compatibility with the standard R. We continue to bundle extensive R packages and R Studio with the deployment.
More information about Microsoft R Open can be found
- Aalto ITS / Devices
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