Date:         Thu, 2 Apr 1998 17:02:36 -0500
Reply-To:     Lary Jones <ljones@BINGHAMTON.EDU>
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From:         Lary Jones <ljones@BINGHAMTON.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Dumping SPSS or the Mac
Comments: cc: deleeuw@gifi.stat.ucla.edu
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At 12:28 PM 4/2/98 -0800, Jan de Leeuw wrote:
>This is a hard decision, and many people will have to make it. I can
>only tell you my considerations.
>
>(a) There is SAS for the Mac. ...
 
I agree with everything Jan de Leeuw says, except the above.  At SUGI 23
last week, SAS Institute did everything but formally announce that it will
not port SAS 7 (the new release) to the Mac.  The pseudo-announcement was
in response to a question from the audience.
 
-Lary Jones
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