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US: Microsoft acquires Revolution Analytics moving toward open sourcing

By  |  January 25, 2015

Microsoft has agreed to acquire open-source software company Revolution Analytics.

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    Revolution Analytics is best known for offering developer tools for use with the R language.

    By bringing Revolution into the fold, Sirosh vice president for machine learning said Microsoft will gain access to all R technology and be able to make it available to all of its own customers on all of its development platforms.

    The software giant announced the deal on Friday, but did not disclose the terms.

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