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2009/1/7 Darin A. England <england at cs.umn.edu>:

Unfortunately, that type of FUD issued by the SAS marketing person still
works. I see it at my employer (a large healthcare company.)

I see it here, at a university. Quote: "We couldn't possibly do our
analysis using some software we've just downloaded from a web site"
*facepalm*

It's a
battle to change a culture, but ironically the recession helps.
People are now taking notice of the obscene licensing fees for SAS.

They'll just keep increasing their educational discount, or as we
say, "the first hit is free"...

BaRRy