re: st: RE: Stata 9 announcement

[David Airey <david.airey@vanderbilt.edu>]

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> It is with some curiosity that I note that previous such announcements
> have led to an immediate and wide-ranging discussion on Statalist,
> yet this message was met with thunderous silence.  My question is why?
I found the announcement to be surprising and I had fully expected to 
see 8.3, 8.5, etc.

Then again, maybe it is an April Fool's joke. The web pages are a nice 
touch to the joke.

:)

-Dave

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