I've been using SAS for more than 18 years, and SQL for more than 10, in the Automotive, Banking, Insurance and Publishing industries. That's not using those tools incidentally - SAS and SQL have been the day-to-day tools of my entire career - whether delivering statistical analyses, data mining, data management (moving, merging and reshaping data for others to use), or building applications for other business users (on Mainframe, PC, and Unix environments). I'm currently transitioning towar...