Articles with the keyword “SPSS”

Predicting an outcome for Dimensions under IBM

By Tim Macer on 29th Sep 2009.

Now that the dispute with SPSS founder Norman Nye has been settled, it looks very likely that the IBM takeover of SPSS will go ahead. Though SPSS spokesperson Heena Jethwa put up a spirited defence in Research magazine (Commitment to MR ‘as strong as ever’, says SPSS) last month, the question remains for the hundreds [...]

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A final goodbye to Quantime

By Sheila Wilson on 12th Aug 2009.

A fond farewell to Quantime, warts and all, which was taken over by SPSS more than ten years ago. SPSS has in turn been taken over by IBM this year. Quantime’s original software product, Quantum, still lives on after more than 30 years.

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A disappearing trick: Dimensions and SPSS

By Tim Macer on 1st Jun 2009.

It’s ten years since SPSS announced its vision for the future of research software in 1999: its ‘Vision 2000’. Its dedicated MR division, SPSS MR was tasked with turning this vision into reality and the product was named Dimensions. A stream of products eventually started to appear for customers using the firm’s legacy products like [...]

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