Dear Lists, This is an off topic (OT ). I recently took Anne Milley's interview .In Part 1 of the interview , Anne talks about SAS, WPS, other softwares she studied like SPSS,.She also talks about the difference between small and big companies , what sets SAS apart and the famous licensing model of SAS
Interview Anne Milley, SAS Part 1<http://smartdatacollective.com/Home/16909> Anne Milley has been a part of SAS Institutes core strategy team. She was in the news recently with an article by the legendary Ashlee Vance in the Bits Blog of New York Times http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/sas-warms-to-open-source-one-letter-at-a-time/ In the article, Ms. Milley said, I think it addresses a niche market for high-end data analysts that want free, readily available code. We have customers who build engines for aircraft. I am happy they are not using freeware when I get on a jet. To her credit, Ms. Milley addressed some of the critical comments head-on in a subsequent blog post<http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/r-you-ready-for-r/> . This sparked my curiosity in knowing Anne ,and her perspective more than just a single line quote and here is an interview. This is part 1 of the interview *Ajay -Describ.....* Read more at http://smartdatacollective.com/Home/16909 and at http://www.decisionstats.com/ <http://www.decisionstats.com/> (my server would be slower .It has no ads ,sponsors etc..) Regards, Ajay Please use comments section for comments. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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