Quite a number of good data analytics softwares are available today. Mostly they are GUI based. But, the CRAN (Comprehensive R Archive Network) Foundation has come up with a powerful CUI based statistical and text analysis software called R. Though it is language driven, but the good thing about it is that the languages are easy to learn. Also, the software is free to download.

In recent times, R is gaining a good competitive advantage against popular softwares like SAS, SPSS, etc. More professionals and companies are using it. Since R is an open source software, anyone can make developments of the different packages and make contributions. Knowing R will add a boost to your career.

To know more about why one must learn R, please click on the link www.inside-r.org/why-use-r