Tech luminaries honor database god Jim Gray In the early nineties, when David Vaskevitch decided that Microsoft should tackle the enterprise database business, the first thing he did was pick up the phone. He dialed the sharpest software minds he knew, and he asked each one who he should talk to about all things DB. They all gave the same answer: Jim Gray. And each …
I had the luck to work with Jim a couple of years and can tell, he was the person you can read in this and other articles. And more, our kids were always welcome to his (small) office, he always had papers, pencils and TIME for them. They still remember him after many years. We stayed in contact after going to separate companies but I definitely will miss his Xmas greetings every year and his always nice and immediate answers when I did ask anything, mostly stupid questions. I'm sure that many other besides me did learn that being technically good (not brilliant as Jim) is not good enough, you also have to be a human who understands others.
A veritable Colossus and I have never read a bad word said against him. Such Honour Creates Virtual Immortality and the Mystery of his Disappearance does Credit to the Man who knew so Much in Worlds which know so Little.
It is a Truly Bizarre Case, is it not, with no Evidence other than Wild Speculation to Support it?
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