cost of sas software
Just to get started, we were already well over $5000. SAS requires a yearly renewal, as well, running about 40% of the year 1 costs. I could just see the blank stares as I tried to justify those numbers to the school committee. Of course, this is the land of free and open source software. Nothing free or open source can fully replace SAS; there's a reason it's an industry standard and SAS is the largest privately-held software company in the world. However, at those prices, I'm more than happy with good enough.