[1] At the time of its release, S-PLUS was one of the first examples of software that implemented algorithms for generalized linear models, second to GLIM.
[5] Statistical Sciences acquires the exclusive license to distribute S and merged with MathSoft in 1993, becoming the firm's Data Analysis Products Division (DAPD).
S-PLUS 4 was released for Windows in 1997, with features such as an updated GUI, integration with Excel, and editable graphics.
This version had a Java-based GUI, Graphlets, survival5, and missing data library In 2001, MathSoft sold its Cambridge-based Engineering and Education Products Division (EEPD), and was renamed Insightful Corporation, and moved headquarters to Seattle.
This essentially reversed the previous merger between MathSoft and Statistical Sciences, Inc.[7] S-PLUS Analytic Server 2.0.
BigData library for working with larger-than-memory data sets, S-PLUS Workbench (Eclipse development tool).