Date:         Wed, 6 Sep 2006 20:10:43 -0400
Reply-To:     Joe Whitehurst <joewhitehurst@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Joe Whitehurst <joewhitehurst@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: SASuser versus SAS programmer
Comments: To: Alan Churchill <SASL001@savian.net>
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Alan,

Having Neanderthal IT managers manage and control anything not only
will stifle all creativity, no useful work will ever be accomplished.
The real gains will come by forcing Neanderthal IT management to look
at all the creative possibilities generated by free roaming SAS Users.

Joe.

>This forces not> only better analysis but also a process that IT can
control and manage.
>
> Previously, 10 different users would get 10 different results for the same
> question and their queries would drag down the DW performance.