Edgar Codd, database theorist, dies at 79
Joel Meulenberg
joelmeulenberg at attbi.com
Thu Apr 24 22:27:40 CDT 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1012-997975.html
From what I gathered from a guy close to the situation in the 1990's,
Codd's second wife, Sharon, used his name to rubber stamp the whole
"OLAP" concept being promoted by Arbor Software (makers of the Essbase
MOLAP database system). There was this famous "12 Rules of OLAP"
whitepaper supposedly co-authored by Codd, but it was really more of a
collaboration between Arbor Software (marketing) and his 2nd wife
Sharon. Ted's name was (ab)used to lend credence to the whole OLAP
idea/marketplace.
Of course, I prefer to remember him for conceiving of a model of data
that rests squarely on the bedrock of predicate logic and set theory.
Decades later, vendors are still working on building a truly relational
database management system (as opposed to today's SQL DBMSs) -- e.g.-
www.alphora.com and www.requiredtech.com .
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