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The problem with SAS is that their software is old and only sold to enterprises that have been swindled into buying it when the open source alternatives are sup
by 3pt14159 13y ago
The problem with SAS is that their software is old and only sold to enterprises that have been swindled into buying it when the open source alternatives are superior.
- samspenc 13y agoDo you mind if I ask: which open source software competes with SAS? I know a friend working in a BigCo who swears by SAS.
- boot 13y agoI sort of use SAS sometimes. There are definite downsides, like the UI/IDE is an abomination from the 1980s. And anything except the most straight forward of code is impossible to read (and many other things). However, in terms of being fast and being and all-in-one language+data solution (meaning no calls to a seperate database solution) it has something to say for it. But yeah, I sort of hate it. If it had modern syntax and data structures and UI it might not be bad.