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I had the misfortune of needing to install SAS on my computer (fiancee has a license through grad school) and the whole install process is built around a compli
by wlesieutre 5y ago
I had the misfortune of needing to install SAS on my computer (fiancee has a license through grad school) and the whole install process is built around a complicated licensing scheme that ties any of a hundred optional components together into a massive assembly depending on exactly how much money they were able to squeeze out of you.
There was a problem with our license file which meant we got through 5-10 screens of installer and then hit "The SID file you selected is not intended for the order you are deploying because the Tech Support Site Number values do not match. Select a SID file with a matching tech support site number."
And then two weeks later we were finally able to get a correct license file from the IT department. I can't say how much of that was IT's fault or if it really took two weeks to get the fixed license from SAS, but either way I'd be happier to never touch it again.
- madrox 5y agoYeah, you've summed up the pains of SAS. The query language itself is quite lovely.
- wlesieutre 5y agoThe "which components do you want to install" page feels like the end result of 45 years of "one customer wants this feature, let's add it to the product and maybe somebody else will buy it too!" I'm sure they're all useful to someone (or they were at some point), but boy am I glad to not be in charge of managing that license.
- wlesieutre 5y agoIn case anyone wanders into this old thread, guess what I'm doing tonight! If you guessed "unfucking a SAS license but the renewal utility won't work because it can't get a lock on some file" you win the satisfaction of knowing you were right.