Thanks, Lee for superbly articulating my own views. I concur completely (and
especially with the 1 - 5 rankings). I might add that No. 4 is essentially
in effect now (except for the SPSS /SAS part). With new Stata versions
coming out every two years and the pressure to keep current, we have to pay
what amounts to a two-year subscription.
Al Feiveson
-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Sieswerda [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:07 AM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: st: RE: Picketing StataCorp
Well, its bloody cold here in northern Ontario: -29 this morning, about -40
with the windchill. So if it were a winter thing (the season, I mean), I
guess I could be convinced to picket in Texas for just about anything.
Top Five hypothetical scenarios that would cause the Stata community to
collectively picket StataCorp headquarters:
5. StataCorp gets tired of the whining on Statalist and has the list
deep-sixed under the DMCA
4. Stata is gobbled into either the SPSS or SAS empires and becomes just
another add-on module with a yearly subscription
3. StataCorp decides that printed manuals are for weenies and technophobes
and decides to go exclusively PDF
2. StataCorp decides that command line is too old-school and "updates" Stata
into a fully menu-driven application (Do I feel the slope slipping from
under my feet?)
And the Number One act that would draw angry Stata users from all over the
world to College Station...
(drum roll, please)
......
......
......
1. Bill Gould is replaced by that other Bill G as CEO of StataCorp
Additions to the list are welcome.
Lee
Lee Sieswerda, Epidemiologist
Thunder Bay District Health Unit
999 Balmoral Street
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Canada P7B 6E7
Tel: +1 (807) 625-5957
Fax: +1 (807) 623-2369
[email protected]
www.tbdhu.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Winter [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:32 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Picketing StataCorp
>
> >>> [email protected]:
> > Like Lee,
> > I wouldn't go
> > as far as picketing in front of Stata headquarters but
> > perhaps I could say
> > that a pragmatic module to toggle abbreviations on or off
> > would probably
> > help me sleep better at night. :)
>
> This raises the question for me: for what *would* the Stata community,
> collectively, be willing to picket StataCorp? (And remember, it's
> really, really hot in Texas.)
>
> -Nick Winter
> *
> * For searches and help try:
> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
