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- From: sekruege@nando.net (Steve Krueger)
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- Subject: Re: SAS (statistical analysis system) on ShapeShifter?
- Date: 13 Mar 1996 00:43:32 GMT
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- In article <Pine.BSI.3.91.960312113717.26355B-100000@radius.vector.net> "Raymon F. Roberts" <rayrob@vector.net> writes:
- : For a number of years now, I've used SAS statistical software for
- : managing some environmental water quality and hydrology data and to
- : prepare graphs. The two modules I use (Base SAS and SAS Graph) cost me a
- : bundle EVERY year (the current annual charge is $922.20!).
- :
- : I would love to lose this hefty bill, but I've got a lot invested in
- : programs and I haven't found another program which will do what SAS does
- : for me. Currently, I'm using the OS/2 version on a 486-DX4 100 MHz PC.
- : Somehow, I never got accustomed to the OS/2 system and would like to dump
- : it for Windows '95. BUT, get this... SAS Institute wants another $550 to
- : switch me from OS/2 SAS to Windows SAS! (even though the documentation is
- : generic and all they need to do is send me a new CD!)... I complained,
- : but it was useless.
- :
- : Now that ShapeShifter is working on my Amiga, I'm now considering
- : changing my SAS to the Macintosh version rather than Windows. That
- : would provide tighter integration with the Amiga which I use for editing
- : and printing of SAS output. But, I'd be in a mess if it didn't work with
- : Shapeshifter!
- :
- : Therefore, has anyone installed the SAS Macintosh statistical software
- : and used it with Shapeshifter? I'd like to hear your experiences!
- :
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- I brought a CD with SAS on it home, just to try it out. It worked well!
- I didn't try much more than just starting it up and fiddling around
- though. I think I had ShapeShifter 3.0 at that time.
-
- I ran it directly from the CD on my A3000 running ShapeShifter. It took
- 55 seconds to come up to the prompt. Not too bad considering it had
- to load from a double speed CDROM drive.
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- If you have something that you would like me to try let me know.
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- sk
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