I understand your points, Nick, & further recognize that this is not your call but rather Stata's. Assuming that the folks at Stata do read the StataList, I would like to echo de Souza's recommendation -- that at least some of the Stata Journal 5 (1) pieces on the history of Stata be made available on the Stata website in some form. For one thing, when I searched the Stata website I found almost nothing on its history. The history is interesting & underscores the fact that Stata is a growing, stable & enduring organization -- suggesting that one needn't worry about investing one's time in a product that will likely vanish from the planet.
EGW
>Naturally the Editors of the Stata Journal
>are most pleased whenever people find
>items in the journal interesting or useful.
>
>However, this is a question for StataCorp
>as publisher, not for Joe Newton or myself as Editors.
>
>Unless and until they make exceptions, the
>Stata Journal remains a journal obtainable
>by subscription only.
>
>After all, you could say the same thing about
>each issue of the Journal, the books published
>by Stata Press, the manual contents (given that
>many users do not purchase the complete manual
>set), etc.
>
>Nick
>[email protected]
>
>Jos� Maria Pacheco de Souza
>
>> Nick Cox wrote:
>>
>> >Volume 5 Number 1 of the Stata Journal has just been
>> >sent to electronic subscribers.
>> >
>> >This is a special 20th Stata anniversary issue of the
>> >Journal to mark the official release of Stata 1.0
>> >in January 1985.
>> >
>
>> Dear Nick:
>>
>> wouldn't it be interesting that the above highligth material could
>> be accessed by all? Maybe thru FAQ?
>
>
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