Date:         Sat, 29 Jan 2000 20:49:01 +0000
Reply-To:     John Whittington <John.W@MEDISCIENCE.CO.UK>
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From:         John Whittington <John.W@MEDISCIENCE.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Version 8 -- When?
Comments: To: Tim Churches <tchur@bigpond.com>
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At 07:09 30/01/00 +1100, Tim Churches wrote:

>Here in Australia, SAS Institute Australia sent out an email (presumably
>to all SAS site representatives) asking whether we:
>a) wanted Version 8 right now
>b) wanted it in the next two months
>c) were prepared to wait for Version 8.1 later this year (2000)
>
>I replied indicating a) and it arrived by courier the next day.

Interesting.  Did this come with any suggestions/guidance as to why one
might want to wait for 8.1 ?

This sounds all rather like the 'do you want v7, or do you want to wait for
v8' which we've heard before (in those areas of the globe where the choice
was even offered!).

Kind Regards


John

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