Yes - but remember "perpetual" means about two years - i.e. before the next
version comes out!
-----Original Message-----
From: Edwin Earl [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Re: RE: Re: student Stata
Sorry, I prefer the perpetual license at $129.00!!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sayer, Bryan" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 12:25 PM
Subject: st: RE: Re: student Stata
> Oh? We get the entire SAS suite (which is, in many ways, significantly
more
> extensive than Stata) for $50 per year, academic pricing. Perhaps pricing
> at BC is much worse. Which is no comment about the value of Stata in its
on
> right, just vis-a-vis other vendors' offerings.
>
> Bryan Sayer
> Statistician, SSS Inc.
> [email protected]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: baum [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 10:28 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Re: student Stata
>
>
>
> --On Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:33 -0500 Al wrote:
>
> > A
> > student can get a copy of Stata for a class, and use it happily for as
> > long as the hardware & OS keep supporting it (one really big reason to
> > have students learn stats with Stata).
>
> Not any longer, if the student takes advantage of the great prices of the
> Stata GradPlan. The prices for 8 have come _down_ from 7, but they now are
> 1-year licenses. A student does have the option (at about a 45% premium)
of
> buying the perpetual license. As an economist (and a GradPlan coordinator)
> I have no problem recommending the one-year license to students (although
I
> would, in the interests of full disclosure, like to know what the annual
> renewal fee will be. But those details can be discussed with StataCorp
> off-list. Even with the new pricing strategy, the fact that you can get
> _all_ of Stata's functionality (and access to all of Nick Cox' exclusive
> Stata 8 creations!) for the low price on offer is a tremendous deal
> vis-a-vis other vendors' offerings.
>
> Kit
> ________________________________________________________________________
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> [email protected] http://fmwww.bc.edu/ec/baum.php
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