Edgar Codd, database theorist, dies at 79

[Joel Meulenberg]

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 .