Date:         Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:43:58 -0500
Reply-To:     Steve Raimi <steven.raimi@GM.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Steve Raimi <steven.raimi@GM.COM>
Subject:      Re: Reasons to move forward to SAS 9.x

We're days away from implementing the upgrade from 8.2 to 9.1.3.  Some of
the reasons:

1.  Our server is multi-processor, and 9x will use them independently to
speed up sorts, etc.

2.  We use PROC GENMOD, and there's a new feature in 9 that obviates the
need for a macro-based workaround I developed (you can specify the
reference level for a class variable - before, it always defaulted to the
first value in sort order).  (There's another v9 improvement we want, but I
can't recall it or find my notes right now).

3.  I posted last week asking if anyone had had problems moving from 8.2 to
9.1.x, and no one who responded had any issues to report.

Hope some of this helps,
Steve