SAS 9.3 Guide to Software Updates

Reviewing Current and Future
Software Updates
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The Importance of Understanding Current and
Future Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Current Product Releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Product Releases by Release Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Learning More about Each Product Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Deprecated Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
The Importance of Understanding
Current and Future Software Updates
Before installing a software update, you might want to know about future product
updates or plans to deprecate functionality. Learning this information early in your
planning process enables you to determine the following information:
n when to place your software order. For example, suppose that you are running SAS
Enterprise Guide and SAS Enterprise Miner at your site. A new release of SAS
Enterprise Guide might be available in June, but the new release of SAS Enterprise
Miner will not be available until August. To minimize your downtime and to go
through the installation process only once, you decide to place your order in August
when you can get both new products.
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