Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:41:51 -0600
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From:         Matthew Pettis <matt.pettis@THOMSONREUTERS.COM>
Subject:      Re: OT: SAS sues WPS
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There is passionately advocating your position, and then there is
abusive.  This is abusive.  Please stop.

Respectfully,
Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Joe
Whitehurst
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:26 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: OT: SAS sues WPS

Let me add ignorance to uninformed.  I'm just fed up with the ignorant,
uninformed complainers about SAS pricing,  Not one of the ignorant fools
have mentioned VALUE for price paid.  No software available on this
planet
can touch the VALUE that SAS offers for it's modest price!  But then,
many
of the folks who try to use SAS and complain about it's price are too
stupid
to realize it's VALUE!

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Aleksandra Pietruszynska <
aleksandrapietruszynska@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, If SAS would feel strong, they would claim directly that WPS has
> stolen intellectual property. Instead they are using the fact that WPS
> has mis-used the SAS learning edition....... That seems
> amateuristic....
>
> I think it is a very desperate act, SAS institute will defenitely feel
> the pain. Many companies are just fed up by the arrogant SAS
> pricing,
>
> On Nov 23, 5:53 pm, joewhitehu...@GMAIL.COM (Joe Whitehurst) wrote:
> > I will await the verdict of the court which I value much more than
mere
> > uninformed conjecture by amateurs.
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Aleksandra Pietruszynska <
> >
> >
> >
> > aleksandrapietruszyn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Joe,
> >
> > > > have English as a first language, it's hard to takeWPS'sexcuses
for
> > > > outright intellectual property theft seriously.  I hopeWPSmakes
> better
> >
> > > Why isWPSan intellectual property theft ofSAS?
> > > Did they stealSASsource code to createWPS? I don't think so.
> > > Did they clone theSASinterface? Not at all, the IDE ofWPSis based
> > > on Eclipse, and in fact is much more usefull than theSASinterface.
> > > Is theSASsyntax intellectual property? In other words can syntax
in
> > > general fall under copyright? Basically syntax is just a
collection of
> > > wordsw, Only a unique arrangement of syntax (source code) can be
> > > copyrighted.
> >
> > > Note thatWPShas a change to sell their product on the market, not
> > > because they abused theSASlearning edition. It is because of the
> > > ridiculous pricing ofSAS.
> >
> > > A.P.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>