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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Disapointed about SPSS I have to choose another
statistic program. And altough I sympathise with the idea of a
non-commercial software-project like R and I like the spirit of the R
community (and of course I am not keen on paying 150$ to SAS for a one-year
students license), I will probably buy SAS, because people I will work with
use SAS and I want a close cooperation with them. Besides I guess that SAS
is still much more powerful than SAS.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But: can ´t you convince me to choose R? I would
appreciate that very much, because my sympathy is with the r-project. Maybe the
syntax of both programs is quite similar, so I will still be able to exchange a
lot of experience with my SAS-using future collegues!? Or I could even convince
the newcomers to swap to R!?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you know some arguments, I should
consider for my decission, I am looking forward to hear (or
read) of you!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael</FONT></DIV>
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