Date:         Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:40:04 -0700
Reply-To:     Jack Hamilton <jfh@STANFORDALUMNI.ORG>
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From:         Jack Hamilton <jfh@STANFORDALUMNI.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Disable License Expire Warning ??
Comments: To: Don Henderson <donaldjhenderson@HOTMAIL.COM>
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On Aug 16, 2008, at 5:46 pm, Don Henderson wrote:

> Joe,
>
> Interesting list ;-).
>
> With respect to the Jack's comment about companies taking their time
> to pay.
> That is correct and very common.
>
> But Peter is correct that the appropriate response is to pay the bill.

Yes, but it doesn't do any good to tell *me* that hundreds of times.
They need to set it up to send email to the head of accounts payable.




--
Jack Hamilton
jfh@alumni.stanford.org
videtis illam spirare libertatis auram






> If
> the annual license fee is paid on time or even close to on-time, those
> messages never appear in the log. They start to appear 45 days AFTER
> the
> license expiration as SAS provides a 90 grace period. The first 45
> days with
> no warning; then next 45 with the warning. Once that 90 days is up,
> SAS
> simply stops working.
>
> Regards
> donh
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
>> Behalf Of Joe Whitehurst
>> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 3:32 PM
>> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject: Re: Disable License Expire Warning ??
>>
>
> ..snipped...
>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Jack Hamilton
>> <jfh@stanfordalumni.org>wrote:
>>
>>> People who work for corporations with slow accounting departments
>>> sometimes see these warning messages for months.  They can't cause
>>> Accounts Payable to send SAS Institute a check.  There's no
>> point in
>>> users having to see these messages at all, and certainly
>> not dozens or
>>> hundreds of times.
>>>
>>> Companies with $100,000+ bills do see some benefit in
>> delaying payment
>>> - two months extra use their money - and that's why they delay.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jack Hamilton
>>> jfh@alumni.stanford.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 16, 2008, at 2:01 am, Peter Crawford wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:16:13 -0700, jlee8071@gmail.com
>>> <jlee8071@GMAIL.COM
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I appreciate SAS's 45 day prior warning of my license expiration,
>>>>> but is there a way to disable that warning message?
>>>>>
>>>>> I usually look for green stuff when I debugg...
>>>>>
>>>>> thank you,
>>>>>
>>>>> claus
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> really simple!
>>>>
>>>> no programming required!
>>>>
>>>> Just pay SAS for renewal
>>>>
>>>> and and follow the instructions they will email to you to renew it!
>>>>
>>>> it is the same for all.
>>>> Why delay the inevitable?
>>>>
>>>> PeterC
>>>>
>>>
>>