<s>
S-PLUS	B-Application
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
S	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
sold	O
by	O
TIBCO	O
Software	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
increasing	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
S	B-Language
successor	O
R	B-Language
,	O
TIBCO	O
Software	O
released	O
the	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
R	B-Language
interpreter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1988	O
:	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
is	O
first	O
produced	O
by	O
a	O
Seattle-based	O
start-up	O
company	O
called	O
Statistical	O
Sciences	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
founder	O
and	O
sole	O
owner	O
is	O
R	B-Language
.	O
Douglas	O
Martin	O
,	O
professor	O
of	O
statistics	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Washington	O
,	O
Seattle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1993	O
:	O
Statistical	O
Sciences	O
acquires	O
the	O
exclusive	O
license	O
to	O
distribute	O
S	B-Language
and	O
merges	O
with	O
MathSoft	O
,	O
becoming	O
the	O
firm	O
's	O
Data	O
Analysis	O
Products	O
Division	O
(	O
DAPD	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1995	O
:	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
3.3	O
for	O
Windows	O
95/NT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1996	O
:	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
3.4	O
for	O
UNIX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
1997	O
:	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
4	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
GUI	B-Application
,	O
integration	O
with	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
editable	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1998	O
:	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
4.5	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scatterplot	B-Application
brushing	O
,	O
create	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
graphs	O
from	O
within	O
Excel	B-Application
&	O
SPSS	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
1998	O
:	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
is	O
available	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
&	O
Solaris	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
1999	O
:	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
5	O
for	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
HP-UX	B-Application
,	O
AIX	B-Application
,	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
DEC	B-Device
Alpha	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
S-PLUS	B-Application
2000	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
2000	O
:	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
6	O
for	O
Linux/Unix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java-based	O
GUI	B-Application
,	O
Graphlets	O
,	O
survival5	O
,	O
missing	O
data	O
library	O
,	O
robust	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2001	O
:	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
Analytic	O
Server	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
S-PLUS	B-Application
6	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
(	O
Excel	B-Application
integration	O
,	O
C++	O
classes/libraries	O
for	O
connectivity	O
,	O
Graphlets	O
,	O
S	B-Language
version	O
4	O
,	O
missing	O
data	O
library	O
,	O
robust	O
library	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Student	O
edition	O
of	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
now	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2003	O
:	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
6.2	O
New	O
reporting	O
,	O
database	O
integration	O
,	O
improved	O
Graphlets	O
,	O
ported	O
to	O
AIX	B-Application
,	O
libraries	O
for	O
correlated	O
data	O
,	O
Bayesian	O
methods	O
,	O
multivariate	O
regressions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2004	O
:	O
Insightful	O
purchases	O
the	O
S	B-Language
language	I-Language
from	O
Lucent	O
Technologies	O
for	O
$2	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2004	O
:	O
S+ArrayAnalyzer	O
2.0	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2005	O
:	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
7.0	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BigData	O
library	O
for	O
working	O
with	O
larger-than-memory	O
data	O
sets	O
,	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
Workbench	O
(	O
Eclipse	B-Application
development	O
tool	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2007	O
:	O
S-PLUS	B-Application
8	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
package	O
system	O
,	O
language	O
extensions	O
for	O
R	B-Language
package	O
compatibility	O
,	O
Workbench	O
debugger	O
.	O
</s>
