One of the often-cited side effects of moving from “Base SAS” (SAS on your PC, or Display Manager) to SAS Enterprise Guide is the loss of “X” command privileges — that is, the ability for your SAS programs to invoke other programs via the operating system shell. We call this […]
Tag: SAS-L
SAS-L: 25 years old and still spry
The popular mailing list for the SAS user community hits a milestone this weekend by turning 25. 25 is often referred to as the “silver anniversary”, but for a quarter century SAS users have found gold among the messages in this list, which feature everything from questions and answers about […]
R or SAS: Quick Links to the Recent Debates
Original post, 7 Jan, 2009
New York Times, Data Analysts Captivated by R’s Power byAshlee Vance.
Key Point
The popularity of R at universities could threaten SAS Institute.
A Controversial Review by Anee Milley from SAS
We have customers who build engines for aircraft. I am happy they are not using freeware when I get […]