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The author mentions the Codd-OLAP conflict of interest, lamenting that despite what happened "Codd is still regarded as the father of the relational database".
by lou1306 5y ago
The author mentions the Codd-OLAP conflict of interest, lamenting that despite what happened "Codd is still regarded as the father of the relational database". But this remark sounds like a non sequitur to me. No matter the scandal he got into in the 90s, he still invented relational algebra back in the 70s, didn't he?
- data_ders 5y agothe “scandal” > coined the term Online analytical processing (OLAP) and wrote the "twelve laws of online analytical processing". Controversy erupted, however, after it was discovered that this paper had been sponsored by Arbor Software (subsequently Hyperion, now acquired by Oracle), a conflict of interest that had not been disclosed, and Computerworld withdrew the paper. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_F._Codd https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_F._Codd
- brazzy 5y agoHe published a scientific paper that was to some degree paid advertising, and didn't disclose the payment. That kind of thing still totally counts as a scandal.
- ryanmarsh 5y agoIndeed, but was the paper wrong?
- skeeter2020 5y agoIt doesn't matter. The undisclosed conflict of interest should eliminate it from consideration.