Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:32:03 -0500
Reply-To: Pudding Man <pudding.man@gmail.com>
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From: Pudding Man <pudding.man@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Does SAS 9 run on XP Home Edition
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 00:52:07 -0400, Paul M. Dorfman
<sashole@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Dave,
>
> Perhaps the SAS message is: Don't try it at home. Given the price (of SAS),
> I concur. On the other hand, if one has decided to run SAS on a home PC for
> any reasonable purpose and pay, say, $5000 a year, does the difference
> between XP Home ($200) and XP Pro ($280) make any palpable difference to
> speak of? The "pimple on the elephant's butt" allegory readily comes to
> mind...
No doubt a valid $ issue for some.
Don't many "shops" (particularly universities) still pay for
a site license allowing employees a home install at "no
additional cost"? Assuming for a moment that XPH suited
their various needs, should they be forced to run XPP?
> In fact, given the bang-for-the-buck difference between Home and
> Pro, even if I could not care less about SAS and/or knew nothing about it,
> the thought of XP Home would never enter my mind.
Are you perhaps implying that standalone performance of XPP
is much superior to XPH? I'm curious as to what bang-for-the-
buck differences you might be aware of ...
Note that I have been sort-of boycotting XP and do not run it.
Sooner or later the industry will likely force me to abandon
W2K for XP or an XP successor.
It was my impression that XPH had the same kernel/guts as
XPP, but without major software components often necessary
for the "modern corporate network environment", etc.
Oriented to a home user with only a pc and a modem, as
opposed to requiring an "administrator". Easier to
install/config/maintain. If any difference were evident,
with potentially less overhead, I would've *expected* XPH to
(standalone) outperform XPP by a horse-hair or 2. Of
course, what MS actually sent out the door might be a good
deal different from what I've described.
I'm surprised that the XPH/SAS issue hasn't been settled. In
the thread some months ago on the subject the consensus
*seemed* to be that most SAS products were 100% (standalone)
functional, and that the only remaining issue had to do with
Tech. Support.
Do we even -know- why SAS V9 is officially unsupported for, say,
XPH/SAS Base (only)? Are there "technical" issues? Only "policy"
issues? Both??
> Now if only SAS V9 were available on Mac OS X natively without the need to
> run it through the goofy Virtual PC emulator...
That is yet another can-o-worms? SAS attempted a native Mac
version years ago, then dropped it? Without any definitive
knowledge on the subject, I've been sort-of assuming SI
abandoned Mac because Apple was less-than-forthcoming as to
specs for future OS upgrades/versions and/or OS changes were
too difficult to keep up with. Perhaps someone has better
info on the subject.
Skoal,
Puddin'
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> > Behalf Of David Fickbohm
> > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 9:08 PM
> > To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: FW: Does SAS 9 run on XP Home Edition
> >
> > People,
> > This is the response I got from SAS. It does seem strange
> > that they would ignore some many home PCs.
> > Dave
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jerry Lantzy [mailto:Jerry.Lantzy@sas.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 12:57 PM
> > To: Cindy Welch; DavidF@homegain.com
> > Subject: RE: Does SAS 9 run on XP Home Edition
> >
> >
> > Thanks Cindy.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cindy Welch
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 10:22 AM
> > To: DavidF@homegain.com
> > Cc: Jerry Lantzy
> > Subject: FW: Does SAS 9 run on XP Home Edition
> >
> > David,
> > SAS 9 is not supported on Microsoft Windows XP Home but is
> > supported on Microsoft Windows XP professional operating
> > system. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >
> > Cindy Welch
> > Account Executive
> > SAS Americas
> > Direct: 919-531-5015
> > Fax: 919-677-4444
> > Cindy.Welch@sas.com
> > SAS... The Power to Know
> > www.sas.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Fickbohm [mailto:DavidF@homegain.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 5:27 PM
> > To: Jerry Lantzy
> > Subject: Does SAS 9 run on XP Home Edition
> >
> > Jerry,
> > Do you know?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dave
> >
> > Dave Fickbohm
> > Data Mining Analyst
> > Homegain+
> > 2450 45th St.
> > Emeryville, CA, 94608
> > Phone 510 655 0800 ext 4151
> >
>
