Date:         Wed, 23 Jun 2004 22:02:41 -0400
Reply-To:     "Chang Y. Chung" <chang_y_chung@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Chang Y. Chung" <chang_y_chung@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS (V8 and above) under XP
Comments: To: ptmanolakos@HOTMAIL.COM

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:20:00 -0700, Peter T. Manolakos
<ptmanolakos@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Is someone aware of whether SAS (V8 and above) has bugs under Windows XP?
>I recognize that my question is quite general of course.

Hi, Peter,

I believe that there are bugs in any piece of software ever written.
Except Knuth's TeX system, maybe -- he paid any one who found bugs.

Even though Windows XP may be unstable than some of other platforms, I
don't believe sas under Windows have way more bugs than sas running on
other platforms. In any case, I believe 8.2 (or 8.02 or 8e) is more stable
than either 8.0 or 8.1. Similarly, 9.0 or 9.1 are less stable than 9.1.2.

For latest patches (called hotfixes), see
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/hotfix.html

HTH.

Cheers,
Chang