"Ken K." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> JMP - powerful, claims to be easy to use, but I always found it quirky.
For
> example, ALL of the modeling is done via its "Fit Model" tool. To do
> anything you'd better know this well I think MINITAB is a better choice.
JMP
> 3's help and documentation was pretty mediocre. Also it is really a
> Macintosh program sitting in Windows. It has kept the Mac quirkiness.
I think if you give JMP version 4 a look, you'll find most of these
criticisms have been addressed. Modeling is still through Fit Model, but it
is no longer a Mac progrram running in windows. In version 4, we completely
re-wrote the code to use totally windows-native code. The help system is
also quite extensive, and reflects everything that is seen in the printed
manuals. The manuals are also included on the CD.
Claimer: I work on the JMP team and wrote the online help.
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