Let us look at what SAS has to offer in its free version and then try and understand what they were aiming to achieve.
The free offering – SAS Analytics U (or SAS University edition) If SAS offers a version for free – it would be like having the best of both worlds. Did it actually turn out to be so? Well, we will figure out in a few minutes! Usually, high cost is the biggest hindrance to its wide usage among freelancers, consultants, trainers and data scientists. It is easier to learn (compared to R), has the highest market share (in terms of number of jobs) with awesome customer support ( read more details here). So, when I heard that SAS launched a free version (late May) – I was all excited! My initial reaction was that if SAS becomes available for free, it would become the preferred choice of analysis tool for people entering the industry. I have spent the entire 7 years of my corporate work experience working on SAS.
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