IBM® has officially accredited WPS developed by World Programming Limited, as ready for use with Linux® on System z Mainframes. WPS software supports the SAS language. For the first time, applications written in the SAS language can be run under Linux on System z Mainframes.
Last week, SAS Institute, the multi-billion dollar US corporate, trumpeted the fact that it had issued proceedings against a recent entrant to the world of business analytics software, World Programming Limited (WP).
SAS Institute Inc has filed a claim against World Programming Ltd in London UK claiming contractual breach of the SAS Learning Edition software license agreement.