RE: Father Of Relational Model Passes Away

I can't comment on slashdot but bluesnews has it (www.bluesnews.com) :(

Niall

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> From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com] On Behalf Of
> Lyndon Tiu
> Sent: 21 April 2003 20:37
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> Subject: Re: Father Of Relational Model Passes Away
>
>
> This is sad.
>
> It's also a shame:
>
> I work in a gigantic Oracle shop and no one seems to know who
> he is and after I tell them, no one seems to care, not even
> our senior DBAs.
>
> Also, I do not see mainstream presscoverage of this(not even Slashdot
> - not yet maybe) , this is another shame.
>
> --
> Lyndon Tiu
>
>
> Quoting Tony Johnson <Tony_Johnson_at_Trimble.com>:
>
> > Ted Codd passed away over the weekend.
> >
> > http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/5676110.htm
> >
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