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Craig Wood

SPSS now called PASW

Is this a late April Fool's joke?

From the Desk of Jason Verlen
Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.

It's an exciting time at SPSS Inc. We're working diligently in 2009 to make SPSS Inc. an even more valued partner for you and your organization.

We're proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business goals by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as part of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity, our products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software (PASW(r)) portfolio umbrella.

Over the next year, you will see new naming introduced with each release of our software products.

Products in our Statistics family, like PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS Statistics), comprise the most widely used suite of statistical software in the world.
Our Modeling family, including our leading data-mining workbench PASW Modeler (formerly Clementine) is consistently positioned as the leader in the analytics space.
Our Data Collection family (formerly Dimensions), including PASW Data Collection Author and PASW Reports for Surveys, helps you obtain an accurate view of customer attitudes and opinions.
The Deployment family bridges the gap between analysis and action and includes products like PASW Collaboration and Deployment Services (formerly Predictive Enterprise Services).

Rest assured that these name changes don't change the foundational technology on which you've come to count. We're continuing to build on our 40 year legacy with new products, enhanced performance, and robust deployment capabilities.

SPSS Inc. will be doing its part to help you make predictive analytics a vital part of your business operations.

Best regards,

Jason Verlen

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zstatman

Re: SPSS now called PASW

Yup! Once you apply V17.0.2 it is now called PASW Statistics 17.0

Nothing like changing the brand name

On 4/8/2009 1:49:27 PM, Craig Wood ([hidden email]) wrote:

> Is this a late April
> Fool's joke?
>
>
> From the Desk of Jason Verlen
> Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.
>
> It's
> an exciting time at SPSS Inc.
> We're working diligently in 2009 to make SPSS Inc. an even more valued

partner for you and your organization.

>
> We're
> proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business goals
> by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our
> products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as part
> of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity, our
> products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software (PASW(r))
> portfolio umbrella.
>
> Over the next year, you will see new naming introduced with each release
> of our software products.
>
> Products in our Statistics family, like PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS
> Statistics), comprise the most widely used suite of statistical software
> in the world.
> Our Modeling family, including our leading data-mining workbench PASW
> Modeler (formerly Clementine) is consistently positioned as the leader in
> the analytics space.
> Our Data Collection family (formerly Dimensions), including PASW Data
> Collection Author and PASW

Will
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Michael Kruger

Re: SPSS now called PASW

In reply to this post by Craig Wood

Craig,

I bet they are serious. They just can't leave well enough alone and
there is a lot more money to be made catering to the business community
rather than academics.
Maybe it is time to switch to SAS.....

MK

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DataMaestro

Re: SPSS now called PASW - VOTE PLEASE

In reply to this post by Craig Wood

yup, seems real enough - googling PASW and SPSS shows they rebranded their products - wow - one of the most recognizable brand and company names in the world

somehow PASW does not roll off the tongue like SPSS.

let's take a vote (unscientific of course, but skewed towards heavy users, which might be a good thing).

I favor SPSS over PASW

--- On Wed, 4/8/09, Craig Wood <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: Craig Wood <[hidden email]>
Subject: SPSS now called PASW
To: [hidden email]
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 1:49 PM

Is this a late April Fool's joke?


From the Desk of Jason Verlen
Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.

It's an exciting time at SPSS Inc. We're working diligently in 2009 to
make SPSS Inc. an even more valued partner for you and your organization.

We're proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business
goals by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our
products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as
part of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity, our
products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software (PASW(r))
portfolio umbrella.

Over the next year, you will see new naming introduced with each release of our
software products.

Products in our Statistics family, like PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS
Statistics), comprise the most widely used suite of statistical software in the
world.
Our Modeling family, including our leading data-mining workbench PASW Modeler
(formerly Clementine) is consistently positioned as the leader in the analytics
space.
Our Data Collection family (formerly Dimensions), including PASW Data
Collection Author and PASW Reports for Surveys, helps you obtain an accurate
view of customer attitudes and opinions.
The Deployment family bridges the gap between analysis and action and includes
products like PASW Collaboration and Deployment Services (formerly Predictive
Enterprise Services).

Rest assured that these name changes don't change the foundational
technology on which you've come to count. We're continuing to build on
our 40 year legacy with new products, enhanced performance, and robust
deployment capabilities.

SPSS Inc. will be doing its part to help you make predictive analytics a vital
part of your business operations.

Best regards,

Jason Verlen




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Baker, Harley

Re: SPSS now called PASW

In reply to this post by zstatman

This makes me sad. Changing names, OK, but removing SPSS from the naming
convention seems to be removing the original and historical purpose of the
package. I think Shakespeare was wrong; there is a lot in a name.

Harley

Dr. Harley Baker
Associate Professor and Chair, Psychology Program
California State University Channel Islands
One University Drive
Camarillo, CA 93012

805.437.8997 (p)
805.437.8951 (f)

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> From: Statmanz <[hidden email]>
> Reply-To: Statmanz <[hidden email]>
> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:03:34 -0400
> To: <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: SPSS now called PASW
>
> Yup! Once you apply V17.0.2 it is now called PASW Statistics 17.0
>
> Nothing like changing the brand name
>
>
> On 4/8/2009 1:49:27 PM, Craig Wood ([hidden email]) wrote:
>> Is this a late April
>> Fool's joke?
>>
>>
>> From the Desk of Jason Verlen
>> Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.
>>
>> It's
>> an exciting time at SPSS Inc.
>> We're working diligently in 2009 to make SPSS Inc. an even more valued
> partner for you and your organization.
>>
>> We're
>> proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business goals
>> by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our
>> products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as part
>> of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity, our
>> products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software (PASW(r))
>> portfolio umbrella.
>>
>> Over the next year, you will see new naming introduced with each release
>> of our software products.
>>
>> Products in our Statistics family, like PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS
>> Statistics), comprise the most widely used suite of statistical software
>> in the world.
>> Our Modeling family, including our leading data-mining workbench PASW
>> Modeler (formerly Clementine) is consistently positioned as the leader in
>> the analytics space.
>> Our Data Collection family (formerly Dimensions), including PASW Data
>> Collection Author and PASW
>
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Ornelas, Fermin-2

Re: SPSS now called PASW

Unrelated to this topic, but the timing could not come at a worse time when the financial sector is under public fire for their use of financial derivatives which from what I have read has its underpinnings from heavy mathematics and statistical (financial) modeling. The naming convention is intended to make it more appealing to that audience.

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Harley Baker
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:10 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: SPSS now called PASW

This makes me sad. Changing names, OK, but removing SPSS from the naming
convention seems to be removing the original and historical purpose of the
package. I think Shakespeare was wrong; there is a lot in a name.

Harley

Dr. Harley Baker
Associate Professor and Chair, Psychology Program
California State University Channel Islands
One University Drive
Camarillo, CA 93012

805.437.8997 (p)
805.437.8951 (f)

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Marta Garcia-Granero

Re: SPSS now called PASW

In reply to this post by Baker, Harley

Well, we can always refer to it as "The Program Formerly Known as SPSS"

(quoting "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince")

Should this list be renamed PASW-L? (just kidding, I'm in a sort of
funny before-holidays mood...)

Marta

> This makes me sad. Changing names, OK, but removing SPSS from the naming
> convention seems to be removing the original and historical purpose of the
> package. I think Shakespeare was wrong; there is a lot in a name.
>
>
> Yup! Once you apply V17.0.2 it is now called PASW Statistics 17.0
>
> Nothing like changing the brand name
>
>
>
>
>>> Is this a late April
>>> Fool's joke?
>>>
>>>
>>> From the Desk of Jason Verlen
>>> Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.
>>>
>>> It's
>>> an exciting time at SPSS Inc.
>>> We're working diligently in 2009 to make SPSS Inc. an even more valued
>>>
>> partner for you and your organization.
>>
>>> We're
>>> proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business goals
>>> by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our
>>> products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as part
>>> of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity, our
>>> products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software (PASW(r))
>>> portfolio umbrella.
>>>
>>> Over the next year, you will see new naming introduced with each release
>>> of our software products.
>>>
>>> Products in our Statistics family, like PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS
>>> Statistics), comprise the most widely used suite of statistical software
>>> in the world.
>>> Our Modeling family, including our leading data-mining workbench PASW
>>> Modeler (formerly Clementine) is consistently positioned as the leader in
>>> the analytics space.
>>> Our Data Collection family (formerly Dimensions), including PASW Data
>>> Collection Author and PASW
>>>
>

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Arthur Kramer

Re: SPSS now called PASW - VOTE PLEASE

In reply to this post by DataMaestro

If one buys into the old chestnut that a camel is a horse designed by committee…this sounds like a name designed by committee.

Arthur Kramer, Ph.D.

Director of Institutional Research

New Jersey City University

Phone: 201-200-3073

Fax: 201-200-3288

"...believe half of what you see and none of what you hear."

N.Whitfield and B.Strong

From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of George Musick
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 2:10 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: SPSS now called PASW - VOTE PLEASE

yup, seems real enough - googling PASW and SPSS shows they rebranded their products - wow - one of the most recognizable brand and company names in the world

somehow PASW does not roll off the tongue like SPSS.

let's take a vote (unscientific of course, but skewed towards heavy users, which might be a good thing).

I favor SPSS over PASW

--- On Wed, 4/8/09, Craig Wood <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: Craig Wood <[hidden email]>
Subject: SPSS now called PASW
To: [hidden email]
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 1:49 PM

Is this a late April Fool's joke?

From the Desk of Jason Verlen

Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.

It's an exciting time at SPSS Inc. We're working diligently in 2009 to

make SPSS Inc. an even more valued partner for you and your organization.

We're proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business

goals by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our

products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as

part of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity, our

products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software (PASW(r))

portfolio umbrella.

Over the next year, you will see new naming introduced with each release of our

software products.

Products in our Statistics family, like PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS

Statistics), comprise the most widely used suite of statistical software in the

world.

Our Modeling family, including our leading data-mining workbench PASW Modeler

(formerly Clementine) is consistently positioned as the leader in the analytics

space.

Our Data Collection family (formerly Dimensions), including PASW Data

Collection Author and PASW Reports for Surveys, helps you obtain an accurate

view of customer attitudes and opinions.

The Deployment family bridges the gap between analysis and action and includes

products like PASW Collaboration and Deployment Services (formerly Predictive

Enterprise Services).

Rest assured that these name changes don't change the foundational

technology on which you've come to count. We're continuing to build on

our 40 year legacy with new products, enhanced performance, and robust

deployment capabilities.

SPSS Inc. will be doing its part to help you make predictive analytics a vital

part of your business operations.

Best regards,

Jason Verlen

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ajayohri

Re: SPSS now called PASW

In reply to this post by Baker, Harley

Dr Baker is right. Shakespeare was wrong. Love thy nostalgic name
which stood as a brand identity trap- mention SPSS and people in
business world went ah! nice nice . I studied that in college for
surveys!!!

While other (cough) softwares raked in eh money for basically
creating bad models --- can there be a class action lawsuits against
the softwares which was supposed to make the default mortgage models.
I dont think SPSS was applied in Bank Mortgage forecasting but (cough)
several others were.

Besides I like the new features -maybe I am too young for (cough) classic Coke.

Regards,

Ajay

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Harley Baker <[hidden email]> wrote:

> This makes me sad. Changing names, OK, but removing SPSS from the naming
> convention seems to be removing the original and historical purpose of the
> package. I think Shakespeare was wrong; there is a lot in a name.
>
> Harley
>
> Dr. Harley Baker
> Associate Professor and Chair, Psychology Program
> California State University Channel Islands
> One University Drive
> Camarillo, CA 93012
>
> 805.437.8997 (p)
> 805.437.8951 (f)
>
> [hidden email]
>
>
>
>> From: Statmanz <[hidden email]>
>> Reply-To: Statmanz <[hidden email]>
>> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:03:34 -0400
>> To: <[hidden email]>
>> Subject: Re: SPSS now called PASW
>>
>> Yup! Once you apply V17.0.2 it is now called PASW Statistics 17.0
>>
>> Nothing like changing the brand name
>>
>>
>> On 4/8/2009 1:49:27 PM, Craig Wood ([hidden email]) wrote:
>>> Is this a late April
>>> Fool's joke?
>>>
>>>
>>> From the Desk of Jason Verlen
>>> Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.
>>>
>>> It's
>>> an exciting time at SPSS Inc.
>>> We're working diligently in 2009 to make SPSS Inc. an even more valued
>> partner for you and your organization.
>>>
>>> We're
>>> proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business goals
>>> by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our
>>> products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as part
>>> of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity, our
>>> products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software (PASW(r))
>>> portfolio umbrella.
>>>
>>> Over the next year, you will see new naming introduced with each release
>>> of our software products.
>>>
>>> Products in our Statistics family, like PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS
>>> Statistics), comprise the most widely used suite of statistical software
>>> in the world.
>>> Our Modeling family, including our leading data-mining workbench PASW
>>> Modeler (formerly Clementine) is consistently positioned as the leader in
>>> the analytics space.
>>> Our Data Collection family (formerly Dimensions), including PASW Data
>>> Collection Author and PASW
>>
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ajayohri

Re: SPSS now called PASW - VOTE PLEASE

In reply to this post by DataMaestro

How about creating a facebook cause.

Facebook is a website found at www.facebook.com

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:39 PM, George Musick <[hidden email]> wrote:

> yup, seems real enough - googling PASW and SPSS shows they rebranded their
> products - wow - one of the most recognizable brand and company names in the
> world
>
> somehow PASW does not roll off the tongue like SPSS.
>
> let's take a vote (unscientific of course, but skewed towards heavy users,
> which might be a good thing).
>
> I favor SPSS over PASW
>
> --- On Wed, 4/8/09, Craig Wood <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> From: Craig Wood <[hidden email]>
> Subject: SPSS now called PASW
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 1:49 PM
>
> Is this a late April Fool's joke?
>
>
> From the Desk of Jason Verlen
> Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.
>
> It's an exciting time at SPSS Inc. We're working diligently in 2009 to
> make SPSS Inc. an even more valued partner for you and your organization.
>
> We're proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business
> goals by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our
> products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as
> part of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity,
> our
> products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software (PASW(r))
> portfolio umbrella.
>
> Over the next year, you will see new naming introduced with each release of
> our
> software products.
>
> Products in our Statistics family, like PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS
> Statistics), comprise the most widely used suite of statistical software in
> the
> world.
> Our Modeling family, including our leading data-mining workbench PASW
> Modeler
> (formerly Clementine) is consistently positioned as the leader in the
> analytics
> space.
> Our Data Collection family (formerly Dimensions), including PASW Data
> Collection Author and PASW Reports for Surveys, helps you obtain an accurate
> view of customer attitudes and opinions.
> The Deployment family bridges the gap between analysis and action and
> includes
> products like PASW Collaboration and Deployment Services (formerly
> Predictive
> Enterprise Services).
>
> Rest assured that these name changes don't change the foundational
> technology on which you've come to count. We're continuing to build on
> our 40 year legacy with new products, enhanced performance, and robust
> deployment capabilities.
>
> SPSS Inc. will be doing its part to help you make predictive analytics a
> vital
> part of your business operations.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jason Verlen
>
>
>
>
> This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is
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Victor Kogler

Re: SPSS now called PASW

In reply to this post by Craig Wood

Weird. I'm curious what the product strategy is that leads to the name change. There must be a huge segment of the user base out there for whom the term "predictive analytics" has particular significance. From my perspective, predictive analytics is a something you do with SPSS using statistical methods, not the product itself.

Well, this is one user who will never use the term PASW. Bleh.

Craig Wood wrote:

Is this a late April Fool's joke?


>From the Desk of Jason Verlen
Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.

It's an exciting time at SPSS Inc. We're working diligently in 2009 to make SPSS Inc. an even more valued partner for you and your organization.

We're proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business goals by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as part of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity, our products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software (PASW(r)) portfolio umbrella.

Over the next year, you will see new naming introduced with each release of our software products.

Products in our Statistics family, like PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS Statistics), comprise the most widely used suite of statistical software in the world.
Our Modeling family, including our leading data-mining workbench PASW Modeler (formerly Clementine) is consistently positioned as the leader in the analytics space.
Our Data Collection family (formerly Dimensions), including PASW Data Collection Author and PASW Reports for Surveys, helps you obtain an accurate view of customer attitudes and opinions.
The Deployment family bridges the gap between analysis and action and includes products like PASW Collaboration and Deployment Services (formerly Predictive Enterprise Services).

Rest assured that these name changes don't change the foundational technology on which you've come to count. We're continuing to build on our 40 year legacy with new products, enhanced performance, and robust deployment capabilities.

SPSS Inc. will be doing its part to help you make predictive analytics a vital part of your business operations.

Best regards,

Jason Verlen




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Thomas MacFarland

Re: SPSS now called PASW - VOTE PLEASE

In reply to this post by Arthur Kramer

Everyone:

The Coca-Cola Company was also excited, in 1985, when they released New Coke.

I would have rather seen efforts put into improvement to the interface and output transfer.

Best wishes.

Tom

It's an exciting time at SPSS Inc. We're working diligently in 2009 to

make SPSS Inc. an even more valued partner for you and your organization.

-----

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Nova Southeastern University
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From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Arthur Kramer
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 2:25 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: SPSS now called PASW - VOTE PLEASE

If one buys into the old chestnut that a camel is a horse designed by committee…this sounds like a name designed by committee.

Arthur Kramer, Ph.D.

Director of Institutional Research

New Jersey City University

Phone: 201-200-3073

Fax: 201-200-3288

"...believe half of what you see and none of what you hear."

N.Whitfield and B.Strong

yup, seems real enough - googling PASW and SPSS shows they rebranded their products - wow - one of the most recognizable brand and company names in the world

somehow PASW does not roll off the tongue like SPSS.

let's take a vote (unscientific of course, but skewed towards heavy users, which might be a good thing).

I favor SPSS over PASW

--- On Wed, 4/8/09, Craig Wood <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: Craig Wood <[hidden email]>
Subject: SPSS now called PASW
To: [hidden email]
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 1:49 PM

Is this a late April Fool's joke?

From the Desk of Jason Verlen

Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.

It's an exciting time at SPSS Inc. We're working diligently in 2009 to

make SPSS Inc. an even more valued partner for you and your organization.

We're proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business

goals by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our

products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as

part of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity, our

products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software (PASW(r))

portfolio umbrella.

Over the next year, you will see new naming introduced with each release of our

software products.

Products in our Statistics family, like PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS

Statistics), comprise the most widely used suite of statistical software in the

world.

Our Modeling family, including our leading data-mining workbench PASW Modeler

(formerly Clementine) is consistently positioned as the leader in the analytics

space.

Our Data Collection family (formerly Dimensions), including PASW Data

Collection Author and PASW Reports for Surveys, helps you obtain an accurate

view of customer attitudes and opinions.

The Deployment family bridges the gap between analysis and action and includes

products like PASW Collaboration and Deployment Services (formerly Predictive

Enterprise Services).

Rest assured that these name changes don't change the foundational

technology on which you've come to count. We're continuing to build on

our 40 year legacy with new products, enhanced performance, and robust

deployment capabilities.

SPSS Inc. will be doing its part to help you make predictive analytics a vital

part of your business operations.

Best regards,

Jason Verlen

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Re: SPSS now called PASW

In reply to this post by Victor Kogler

It is usually is done to make a new brand association as per classical
Brand Theory bu Aaker.

The existing base cares more for practical and technical usefulness
than name, but potential customer base could be the new target, so as
to get more resources to roll it faster.

I covered the screenshots and new features on www.decisionstats.com

My personal opinion SPSS was a great software with the best GUI but
never an aggressive brand for marketing. While more aggresive brands
with worse user interface raked in money.

I did a detailed google search for the acronym and I was right on this
count- PASW was a weapon system that is used for thermal imaging.

At the end of April, I believe that people would come around to this-

SPSS is still the same company PASW is a new brand and you still
have to clean dirty data and design the input data sources properly.

Regards,

Ajay

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Victor Kogler <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Weird. I'm curious what the product strategy is that leads to the name
> change. There must be a huge segment of the user base out there for whom
> the term "predictive analytics" has particular significance. From my
> perspective, predictive analytics is a something you do with SPSS using
> statistical methods, not the product itself.
>
> Well, this is one user who will never use the term PASW. Bleh.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Craig Wood wrote:
>
> Is this a late April Fool's joke?
>
>
> >From the Desk of Jason Verlen
> Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.
>
> It's an exciting time at SPSS Inc. We're working diligently in 2009 to make
> SPSS Inc. an even more valued partner for you and your organization.
>
> We're proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business
> goals by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our
> products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as part
> of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity, our
> products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software (PASW(r))
> portfolio umbrella.
>
> Over the next year, you will see new naming introduced with each release of
> our software products.
>
> Products in our Statistics family, like PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS
> Statistics), comprise the most widely used suite of statistical software in
> the world.
> Our Modeling family, including our leading data-mining workbench PASW
> Modeler (formerly Clementine) is consistently positioned as the leader in
> the analytics space.
> Our Data Collection family (formerly Dimensions), including PASW Data
> Collection Author and PASW Reports for Surveys, helps you obtain an accurate
> view of customer attitudes and opinions.
> The Deployment family bridges the gap between analysis and action and
> includes products like PASW Collaboration and Deployment Services (formerly
> Predictive Enterprise Services).
>
> Rest assured that these name changes don't change the foundational
> technology on which you've come to count. We're continuing to build on our
> 40 year legacy with new products, enhanced performance, and robust
> deployment capabilities.
>
> SPSS Inc. will be doing its part to help you make predictive analytics a
> vital part of your business operations.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jason Verlen
>
>
>
>
> This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is
> addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or privileged
> information. Please contact the sender immediately if you are not the
> intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or
> take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or
> subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed.
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ajayohri

Re: SPSS now called PASW - VOTE PLEASE

In reply to this post by Thomas MacFarland

There are some improvements as seen here - www.decisionstats.com

Did download some screenshots, till someone gets an evaluation copy
and messy messy data grrr grrr.

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Dr. Thomas W. MacFarland
<[hidden email]> wrote:

> Everyone:
>
>
>
> The Coca-Cola Company was also excited, in 1985, when they released New
> Coke.
>
>
>
> I would have rather seen efforts put into improvement to the interface and
> output transfer.
>
>
>
> Best wishes.
>
>
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>
>>
>
> It's an exciting time at SPSS Inc. We're working diligently in 2009 to
>
> make SPSS Inc. an even more valued partner for you and your organization.
>
>>
>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----
>
> Thomas W. MacFarland, Ed.D.
> Senior Research Associate; Institutional Effectiveness and Associate
> Professor
> Nova Southeastern University
> Voice 954-262-5395 Fax 954-262-3970 [hidden email]
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
> Arthur Kramer
> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 2:25 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: SPSS now called PASW - VOTE PLEASE
>
>
>
> If one buys into the old chestnut that a camel is a horse designed by
> committee…this sounds like a name designed by committee.
>
>
>
> Arthur Kramer, Ph.D.
>
> Director of Institutional Research
>
> New Jersey City University
>
> Phone: 201-200-3073
>
> Fax: 201-200-3288
>
>
>
> "...believe half of what you see and none of what you hear."
>
> N.Whitfield and B.Strong
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
> George Musick
> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 2:10 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: SPSS now called PASW - VOTE PLEASE
>
>
>
> yup, seems real enough - googling PASW and SPSS shows they rebranded their
> products - wow - one of the most recognizable brand and company names in the
> world
>
>
>
> somehow PASW does not roll off the tongue like SPSS.
>
>
>
> let's take a vote (unscientific of course, but skewed towards heavy users,
> which might be a good thing).
>
>
>
> I favor SPSS over PASW
>
> --- On Wed, 4/8/09, Craig Wood <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> From: Craig Wood <[hidden email]>
> Subject: SPSS now called PASW
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 1:49 PM
>
> Is this a late April Fool's joke?
>
>
>
>
>
> From the Desk of Jason Verlen
>
> Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.
>
>
>
> It's an exciting time at SPSS Inc. We're working diligently in 2009 to
>
> make SPSS Inc. an even more valued partner for you and your organization.
>
>
>
> We're proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business
>
> goals by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our
>
> products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as
>
> part of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity,
> our
>
> products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software (PASW(r))
>
> portfolio umbrella.
>
>
>
> Over the next year, you will see new naming introduced with each release of
> our
>
> software products.
>
>
>
> Products in our Statistics family, like PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS
>
> Statistics), comprise the most widely used suite of statistical software in
> the
>
> world.
>
> Our Modeling family, including our leading data-mining workbench PASW
> Modeler
>
> (formerly Clementine) is consistently positioned as the leader in the
> analytics
>
> space.
>
> Our Data Collection family (formerly Dimensions), including PASW Data
>
> Collection Author and PASW Reports for Surveys, helps you obtain an accurate
>
> view of customer attitudes and opinions.
>
> The Deployment family bridges the gap between analysis and action and
> includes
>
> products like PASW Collaboration and Deployment Services (formerly
> Predictive
>
> Enterprise Services).
>
>
>
> Rest assured that these name changes don't change the foundational
>
> technology on which you've come to count. We're continuing to build on
>
> our 40 year legacy with new products, enhanced performance, and robust
>
> deployment capabilities.
>
>
>
> SPSS Inc. will be doing its part to help you make predictive analytics a
> vital
>
> part of your business operations.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Jason Verlen
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is
>
> addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or privileged
>
> information. Please contact the sender immediately if you are not the
> intended
>
> recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action
>
> relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply,
> should
>
> be deleted or destroyed.
>
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Baker, Harley

Re: SPSS now called PASW

In reply to this post by Victor Kogler

Re: SPSS now called PASW I am with you. I started using SPSS before the burgundy manual even existed (pre version 6 on an ancient CDC/CYBER). It has always been good that academic researchers and institutional researchers had a stellar brand that honored who we are and what we do. It seems we no longer have a line of products that acknowledge our presence as customers. This is dismaying because we have been staunchly loyal customers at that. Verlen’s letter says it all: “research and business goals by driving the widespread use of data in decision making” as if the only research in which they are interested is the business kind. I’m dusting off my SAS manuals . . . At least they probably won’t change their name in ways that cause long-term users – and members of their Customer Advisory Board - to feel disenfranchised.

Harley

Dr. Harley Baker
Associate Professor and Chair, Psychology Program
California State University Channel Islands
One University Drive
Camarillo, CA 93012

805.437.8997 (p)
805.437.8951 (f)

[hidden email]

From: Victor Kogler <[hidden email]>
Reply-To: Victor Kogler <[hidden email]>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:29:40 -0700
To: <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: SPSS now called PASW

Weird. I'm curious what the product strategy is that leads to the name change. There must be a huge segment of the user base out there for whom the term "predictive analytics" has particular significance. From my perspective, predictive analytics is a something you do with SPSS using statistical methods, not the product itself.

Well, this is one user who will never use the term PASW. Bleh.

Craig Wood wrote:

Is this a late April Fool's joke?

>From the Desk of Jason Verlen
Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.

It's an exciting time at SPSS Inc. We're working diligently in 2009 to make SPSS Inc. an even more valued partner for you and your organization.

We're proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business goals by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as part of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity, our products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software (PASW(r)) portfolio umbrella.

Over the next year, you will see new naming introduced with each release of our software products.

Products in our Statistics family, like PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS Statistics), comprise the most widely used suite of statistical software in the world.
Our Modeling family, including our leading data-mining workbench PASW Modeler (formerly Clementine) is consistently positioned as the leader in the analytics space.
Our Data Collection family (formerly Dimensions), including PASW Data Collection Author and PASW Reports for Surveys, helps you obtain an accurate view of customer attitudes and opinions.
The Deployment family bridges the gap between analysis and action and includes products like PASW Collaboration and Deployment Services (formerly Predictive Enterprise Services).

Rest assured that these name changes don't change the foundational technology on which you've come to count. We're continuing to build on our 40 year legacy with new products, enhanced performance, and robust deployment capabilities.

SPSS Inc. will be doing its part to help you make predictive analytics a vital part of your business operations.

Best regards,

Jason Verlen

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SR Millis-3

Re: SPSS now called PASW

In reply to this post by Michael Kruger

Time to switch to Stata!!

Scott R Millis, PhD, ABPP (CN,CL,RP), CStat, CSci
Professor & Director of Research
Dept of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Associate - Dept of Emergency Medicine

Wayne State University School of Medicine
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Detroit, MI 48201
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--- On Wed, 4/8/09, Michael Kruger <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From: Michael Kruger <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: SPSS now called PASW
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 2:07 PM
> Craig,
>
>
> I bet they are serious. They just can't leave well
> enough alone and
> there is a lot more money to be made catering to the
> business community
> rather than academics.
> Maybe it is time to switch to SAS.....
>
>
> MK
>
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Larry Burriss

Re: SPSS now called PASW

In reply to this post by Marta Garcia-Granero

Sigh.

I've been with SPSS since grad school and we were using punch cards and
17.5 x 11 coding sheets. Remember the big blue reference books? We sure
thought we were hot stuff walking around campus with those. Remember having
to turn the card deck in at the computer center and waiting three or four
hours for the priests of the mainframe to run your job? And we thought we
were really clever when we used NCC1701 (the registration number for the
starship Enterprise) for our job numbers.

Remember the first "interactive" version? We sat at a dumb terminal and
typed in the commands ("just remember, each line on the screen is the same
as one punch card")...then went over to the computer center and picked up
the output.

And I still put the slash at the end of the previous line, rather than at
the beginning of the current line, like my quirky stats instructor told us
to "because it is more elegant."

Somehow a world without SPSS won't be the same. I may have to switch to SAS
just to use a program that has a cool name.

/ Larry /

LARRY L. BURRISS, Ph.D., J.D.
Professor
School of Journalism
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

615-898-2983 [hidden email] http://mtsu.edu/~lburriss

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-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
Marta García-Granero
Sent: Wed, Apr 08, 2009 1:24 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: SPSS now called PASW

Well, we can always refer to it as "The Program Formerly Known as SPSS"

(quoting "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince")

Should this list be renamed PASW-L? (just kidding, I'm in a sort of
funny before-holidays mood...)

Marta

> This makes me sad. Changing names, OK, but removing SPSS from the naming
> convention seems to be removing the original and historical purpose of the
> package. I think Shakespeare was wrong; there is a lot in a name.
>
>
> Yup! Once you apply V17.0.2 it is now called PASW Statistics 17.0
>
> Nothing like changing the brand name
>
>
>
>
>>> Is this a late April
>>> Fool's joke?
>>>
>>>
>>> From the Desk of Jason Verlen
>>> Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.
>>>
>>> It's
>>> an exciting time at SPSS Inc.
>>> We're working diligently in 2009 to make SPSS Inc. an even more valued
>>>
>> partner for you and your organization.
>>
>>> We're
>>> proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business goals
>>> by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our
>>> products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as

part
>>> of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity,
our
>>> products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software
(PASW(r))

>>> portfolio umbrella.
>>>
>>> Over the next year, you will see new naming introduced with each release
>>> of our software products.
>>>
>>> Products in our Statistics family, like PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS
>>> Statistics), comprise the most widely used suite of statistical software
>>> in the world.
>>> Our Modeling family, including our leading data-mining workbench PASW
>>> Modeler (formerly Clementine) is consistently positioned as the leader

in
>>> the analytics space.
>>> Our Data Collection family (formerly Dimensions), including PASW Data
>>> Collection Author and PASW
>>>
>
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<R. Abraham>

Re: SPSS now called PASW

In reply to this post by Baker, Harley

The name change to PASW is a very bad move. I hope they reverse it soon.

Whenever someone asked me what tools I use, and I say SPSS...atleast some of them would ask if that's something new. Now with PASW which sounds like some political party name, I am sure people will think I am crazy to use an unknown software. Anyways I am slowly migrating to SAS.

Renji

ajayohri

Re: SPSS now called PASW

In reply to this post by Larry Burriss

how about switching it to R if the name is important enough

that is a cool name ( though they did change from S)

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Larry Burriss <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Sigh.
>
> I've been with SPSS since grad school and we were using punch cards and
> 17.5 x 11 coding sheets. Remember the big blue reference books? We sure
> thought we were hot stuff walking around campus with those. Remember having
> to turn the card deck in at the computer center and waiting three or four
> hours for the priests of the mainframe to run your job? And we thought we
> were really clever when we used NCC1701 (the registration number for the
> starship Enterprise) for our job numbers.
>
> Remember the first "interactive" version? We sat at a dumb terminal and
> typed in the commands ("just remember, each line on the screen is the same
> as one punch card")...then went over to the computer center and picked up
> the output.
>
> And I still put the slash at the end of the previous line, rather than at
> the beginning of the current line, like my quirky stats instructor told us
> to "because it is more elegant."
>
> Somehow a world without SPSS won't be the same. I may have to switch to SAS
> just to use a program that has a cool name.
>
> / Larry /
>
> LARRY L. BURRISS, Ph.D., J.D.
> Professor
> School of Journalism
> Middle Tennessee State University
> Murfreesboro, TN 37132
>
> 615-898-2983 [hidden email] http://mtsu.edu/~lburriss
>
>
>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
> Marta García-Granero
> Sent: Wed, Apr 08, 2009 1:24 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: SPSS now called PASW
>
> Well, we can always refer to it as "The Program Formerly Known as SPSS"
>
> (quoting "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince")
>
> Should this list be renamed PASW-L? (just kidding, I'm in a sort of
> funny before-holidays mood...)
>
> Marta
>
>
>> This makes me sad. Changing names, OK, but removing SPSS from the naming
>> convention seems to be removing the original and historical purpose of the
>> package. I think Shakespeare was wrong; there is a lot in a name.
>>
>>
>> Yup! Once you apply V17.0.2 it is now called PASW Statistics 17.0
>>
>> Nothing like changing the brand name
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>> Is this a late April
>>>> Fool's joke?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From the Desk of Jason Verlen
>>>> Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.
>>>>
>>>> It's
>>>> an exciting time at SPSS Inc.
>>>> We're working diligently in 2009 to make SPSS Inc. an even more valued
>>>>
>>> partner for you and your organization.
>>>
>>>> We're
>>>> proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business goals
>>>> by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our
>>>> products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as
> part
>>>> of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity,
> our
>>>> products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software
> (PASW(r))
>>>> portfolio umbrella.
>>>>
>>>> Over the next year, you will see new naming introduced with each release
>>>> of our software products.
>>>>
>>>> Products in our Statistics family, like PASW Statistics (formerly SPSS
>>>> Statistics), comprise the most widely used suite of statistical software
>>>> in the world.
>>>> Our Modeling family, including our leading data-mining workbench PASW
>>>> Modeler (formerly Clementine) is consistently positioned as the leader
> in
>>>> the analytics space.
>>>> Our Data Collection family (formerly Dimensions), including PASW Data
>>>> Collection Author and PASW
>>>>
>>
> --
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> http://gjyp.nl/marta/
>
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Heidi Green

Re: SPSS now called PASW

In reply to this post by Larry Burriss

Let me throw in another opinion...

I can't remember what user-unfriendly program I used for econometrics in Grad School (UC Davis Ag Econ circa 1994/1995); but it was clunky and slow!

I started using SPSS around version 6 at my first job as a Quantitative Business Analyst. I have been using it ever since and except for a few rough releases that I didn't use due to too many bugs/errors, I have been mostly pleased with the improvements and they have continued to make my data analysis and research work easier and easier.

So, I say, who cares about the name? If it works I will use it. Go ahead, curse me as a business user!

Please note that my comments are made in the spirit of good fun and typed with a smile on my face.

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Larry Burriss
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:51 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: SPSS now called PASW

Sigh.

I've been with SPSS since grad school and we were using punch cards and
17.5 x 11 coding sheets. Remember the big blue reference books? We sure
thought we were hot stuff walking around campus with those. Remember having
to turn the card deck in at the computer center and waiting three or four
hours for the priests of the mainframe to run your job? And we thought we
were really clever when we used NCC1701 (the registration number for the
starship Enterprise) for our job numbers.

Remember the first "interactive" version? We sat at a dumb terminal and
typed in the commands ("just remember, each line on the screen is the same
as one punch card")...then went over to the computer center and picked up
the output.

And I still put the slash at the end of the previous line, rather than at
the beginning of the current line, like my quirky stats instructor told us
to "because it is more elegant."

Somehow a world without SPSS won't be the same. I may have to switch to SAS
just to use a program that has a cool name.

/ Larry /

LARRY L. BURRISS, Ph.D., J.D.
Professor
School of Journalism
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

615-898-2983 [hidden email] http://mtsu.edu/~lburriss

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-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
Marta García-Granero
Sent: Wed, Apr 08, 2009 1:24 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: SPSS now called PASW

Well, we can always refer to it as "The Program Formerly Known as SPSS"

(quoting "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince")

Should this list be renamed PASW-L? (just kidding, I'm in a sort of
funny before-holidays mood...)

Marta

> This makes me sad. Changing names, OK, but removing SPSS from the naming
> convention seems to be removing the original and historical purpose of the
> package. I think Shakespeare was wrong; there is a lot in a name.
>
>
> Yup! Once you apply V17.0.2 it is now called PASW Statistics 17.0
>
> Nothing like changing the brand name
>
>
>
>
>>> Is this a late April
>>> Fool's joke?
>>>
>>>
>>> From the Desk of Jason Verlen
>>> Vice President & Chief Product Strategist of SPSS Inc.
>>>
>>> It's
>>> an exciting time at SPSS Inc.
>>> We're working diligently in 2009 to make SPSS Inc. an even more valued
>>>
>> partner for you and your organization.
>>
>>> We're
>>> proud that our products ensure you meet your research and business goals
>>> by driving the widespread use of data in decision making. We group our
>>> products in four "families" and they are designed to work together as

part
>>> of one comprehensive analytics platform. To better reflect this unity,
our
>>> products will be renamed under the Predictive Analytics Software
(PASW(r))

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