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While this poll is not guaranteed to be objective, it showed significant growth potential for Clementine, Megaputer, SAS Enterprise Miner, and Gainsmarts. Next tier tools were Easyminer, SAS, Angoss, Darwin, and IBM Intelligent Miner.

Comparing this poll with the previous one on current usage (www.kdnuggets.com/polls/2000/data_mining_software2.htm) we see that Clementine and SAS EM are likely to maintain their leading position, while Megaputer, Gainsmarts, Angoss, and Easyminer are likely to grow in popularity.

Full results of the poll including comments are at www.kdnuggets.com/polls/2000/next_dm_tool-2000-07-17.htm

In August, please look for the poll on text mining software. If you have suggestions for the popular text-mining packages to include, please email them to editor.

Gregory