Thanks for the info, Charles. We're also VMS, but planning a migration away from VMS for the very reasons that future SAS support for VMS seems sketchy and because SAS for other platforms (particularly Windows) offers a lot more. I'd be surprised if they don't support Itanium since that's the 64-bit chip that's only beginning to take a hold in the market. That's my 2-cents.

charles_s_patridge@PRODIGY.NET (Charles Patridge) wrote in message news:<200404081348.i38Dm6L15576@listserv.cc.uga.edu>... > To ALL SAS-Lers using OpenVMS, > > We here at The Hartford met with Keith Collins yesterday and Keith Collins > mentioned that SAS Institute would not be supporting the HP ItaniumŪ > platform and OpenVMS in the future (not sure how far into the future) and > this caused us a GREAT DEAL of concerned as we use and planned on > using OPENVMS for the next 10 plus years or as long as HP/Compaq plans on > supporting it. > > Can anyone please shed some light on this subject for me? > > That is, do you know for sure if SAS software will NOT be supported for > OPENVMS and ItaniumŪ HP platforms and when the SAS support will be > dropped??? > > I have not been able to get an answer from anyone at SAS, or at least I > have not been able to contact the right person as yet. > > It is possible Keith's statement was miscommunicated in that parts of the > SAS system will not be supported on OpenVMS but it would be nice to get a > very Clear and Concise Answer as to what will be supported and what will > Not be supported, and WHEN or for how long. > > Any help would be appreciated or maybe whom should I contact at SAS > directly? > > Thanks in Advance, > Charles Patridge > Charles.Patridge@thehartford.com