R replaced S and S-PLUS, not SPSS. SPSS is still around as a light, user-friendly stats tool.
And Octave is nowhere near replacing Matlab, not by a long shot. It's the complete opposite story as R/S-PLUS.
Source: was in grad school for cognitive neuroscience. Saw Matlab everywhere. Saw SPSS here and there. Saw Octave nowhere. Briefly looked at Octave and stopped as soon as I realized all of the packages everyone used required Mathworks toolboxes.
R replaced S and S-PLUS, not SPSS. SPSS is still around as a light, user-friendly stats tool.
And Octave is nowhere near replacing Matlab, not by a long shot. It's the complete opposite story as R/S-PLUS.
Source: was in grad school for cognitive neuroscience. Saw Matlab everywhere. Saw SPSS here and there. Saw Octave nowhere. Briefly looked at Octave and stopped as soon as I realized all of the packages everyone used required Mathworks toolboxes.