Re: Things about NEWSGROUPS you never thought to ask



Richard Ulrich wrote:
> On 27 May 2005 10:45:57 -0700, "Reef Fish"
> <Large_Nassau_Grouper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [snip]
>
> RU > >
> > > The SPSS group is presently comp.soft-sys.stat.sps -- I read once
> > > that the SAS group rejected a similar name, since the SAS
> > > package is proud of not being limited to "statistics".
> RF>
> > Unless you can cite an official source (preferably by Jim Goodnight),
> > of this, I suspect it's just an Urban Legend of why SAS and SPSS are
> > not listed under the same hierarchy.
>
> ... History at our fingertips -
>
> I Googled in comp.stat.* for the two SPSS names and had
> several hits.

That indeed showed that you "once read", by someone, somewhere!

>
> The SPSS group changed its name in 1996, after a proposal
> to put several groups, including SAS, under the .stat. heading.

I suppose your googled exhibits confirmed that the reason
attributed to SAS was indeed an Urban Legend, because there
wasn't any official statement by Jim Goodnight or SAS to
that effect?

It seemed to be merely the OPINION of one
> ...@xxxxxxxxxxx (Thom Kunselman) who wrote:

> >... I would say NO to putting SAS under the statistical hierarchy
> >because I use it for so much more than the statistical procedures.

and others not officially affiliated with SAS, Inc.

At any rate, I get your point. And my point was simply that I
didn't think the choice of hierarchy name was a SAS decision,
for the reason attributed to SAS.


> As creator of comp.soft-sys.sas and comp.soft-sys.spss, I support
> this proposal.
>
>
> Una Smith, una.sm...@xxxxxxxx
> ====

It was supported by Una Smith, but still not a SASA position.

It was a trifle hardly worth the parts pf two posts that had
gone into it.

So this is my last on the subject of SAS, but will gladly
continiue any discussion on the NEW subject of "Things about
NEWSGROUPS you never thought to ask" I posted.

-- Bob.

.

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