Sig,

I love it! From now on it will always be the SAS Geek Fest to me.

Richard

At 11:30 AM 3/30/2006, Sigurd Hermansen wrote: >Michael: >I assume that you are not ruling out future meetings of the SGF (SAS >Geek Fest???) >Sig > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu [mailto:owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu] >On Behalf Of Michael Raithel >Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 11:49 AM >To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU >Subject: My Last SUGI Conference... Ever! > > >Dear SAS-L-ers, > >Those of you at SUGI 31 who missed my Systems Architecture presentation >(and there were legions of you), and those of you who were not at SUGI >31 missed the announcement that I made at the beginning of the >presentation. So, I will restate it here: > >SUGI 31 is my last SUGI conference. I will never again submit another >SUGI paper; nor will I ever again attend a SUGI conference. > >And, that is my final word on the topic. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >However, I am happy to write that I am really looking forward to >participating in, and seeing you all, at SAS Global Forum 2007:-) > > >I hope that this suggestion proves helpful now, and in the future! > >Of course, all of these opinions and insights are my own, and do not >reflect those of my organization or my associates. All SAS code and/or >methodologies specified in this posting are for illustrative purposes >only and no warranty is stated or implied as to their accuracy or >applicability. People deciding to use information in this posting do so >at their own risk. > >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Michael A. Raithel >"The man who wrote the book on performance" >E-mail: MichaelRaithel@westat.com > >Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the MVS Environment > >Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the OS/390 and z/OS Environments, >Second Edition >http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=58172 > >Author: The Complete Guide to SAS Indexes >http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=60409 > >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Tradition is what you resort to when you don't have the time or the >money to >do it right. - Kurt Herbert Alder >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++