RE: Coincidence?

[John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>]

>There he found existing data management systems ``seat-of-the-pants, 
>with no theory at all,'' he recalled in one interview. ``I began reading 
>documentation,'' Codd said, ``and I was disgusted.''

hmm...

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-----Original Message-----
From: Gillespie, Stephen (Contractor)
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Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 3:25 PM
To: John Posada; TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Coincidence?


BTW, John (and equally off-topic), our DBA here sent us this ref today about
the 'Father of the Relational Database' recently passing - very interesting.

Edgar F. Codd, Father of Relational Databases: 1923-2003 

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/5676110.htm


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