I apologize for my confusing use of the acronym “SAS”.
SAS is Statistical Analysis System. It was born at NC State
University (USA), and was originally public domain. It is now a commercial
product, and is the market leader in its area. It is now widely used in
business and academia due to its data analysis power. I became acquainted with
it through a university and its medical researchers in its free days. A sample
business usage is the analysis of computer performance data. SAS’ ability
to easily read many formats of data is a major selling point to its large non-IT
following.
