Date:         Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:01:39 -0400
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From:         John Burton <jrburtonsaspro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: OT: Nat Retiring??? Re: SAS vs. Minitab
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Susie, et all,

Having known Nat for 20 years, I am most certain that he will stay
most busy, even without performing SAS on a daily basis.  I suspect
that even in retirement, he will stay active with VaSUG.  The downside
will be that he will no lo9nger have corporate sponsorship to attend
SGF, SESUG and NESUG confernences.


--
Best Cheers,
Ray Burton
Richmond VA

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Chung Y. Li <li.chungying@gmail.com> wrote:
> Good question.  What is a top-tier statistician to do in retirement?
>
> Susie C Y Li
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Mary <mlhoward@avalon.net> wrote:
>> The bigger news is you are retiring.  Is is just to spend all your time answering questions on SAS-L or what??
>>
>> -Mary
>>
>> --- nathaniel.wooding@DOM.COM wrote:
>>
>> From: Nathaniel Wooding <nathaniel.wooding@DOM.COM>
>> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject:      SAS vs. Minitab
>> Date:         Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:57:40 -0400
>>
>> Folks
>>
>> I will be retiring at the end of the summer and the guys whom I have been supporting will be left on their own to do their reporting and analysis with Cognos and Minitab. I have checked the archives and while there are a few brief comparisons between SAS and Minitab, I have not been able to find any comparisons such as data handling capabilities of Minitab or such features as by group processing.
>>
>> A large data set for my group would be on the order of 250,000 to a million records.
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience that would care to share?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Nat
>>
>>
>> Nat Wooding
>> Environmental Specialist III
>> Dominion, Environmental Biology
>> 4111 Castlewood Rd
>> Richmond, VA 23234
>> Phone:804-271-5313, Fax: 804-271-2977
>> Cel Phone: 804-205-0752
>