Stata version 8 was the most drastic revision in the history
of Stata, and the manuals were reorganised with lots of new material.
Having said that, almost all of what is in Stata 7 still works.
What you wouldn't see documented in detail is documented on-line
under the various flavours of -help whatsnew-.
FWIW, I don't think that Stata Corp will do this, for all the usual
marketing
and logistic reasons that old commercial software versions or
documentation do
not, in general, remain available. Stata Corp, while wanting to be
nice
to users, remains a hard-headed business. You only have to imagine
the slippery slope that has been started down. If v7 documentation
cheap, why not v7 software cheap, v6 documentation and software even
cheaper, etc.? I am only guessing here, however.
Nick
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