There is more happening with R, D3 / Javascript info vis, and the iPython/Notebook stack around data science than Wolfram as a singular corporation can possibly

There is more happening with R, D3 / Javascript info vis, and the iPython/Notebook stack around data science than Wolfram as a singular corporation can possibly keep up with. In a recent version R was embraced and extended, is this another step with those same sorts of strategies? The value of these Open Source communities go way beyond the core language and arise out of the structure. This will go the way of Linux/BSD (only Microsoft could justify rolling forward alone with its own OS kernel).