This is the second time I have seen the name mangled.

It is C.J. Date and E.F. Codd.  Note Date and Dodd.  You are mistaking Dr. Codd for Senator Christopher Dodd (Liberal- Connecticut)

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
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Offered an RDBMS that met Date and Dodd's proscriptions, that actually did
what Date and Dodd proposed.

Greg Stigers
http://www.cgiusa.com

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> Imagine if HP did this.

What exactly is the "this" that you propose HP do?

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> Or perhaps an immodest one. I understand that * no one has actually
done *
> what Date and Dodd proposed, at least according to some of what I
read from
> the slashdot links. Maybe there are good reasons why not, I don't
know. But
> if that is true and accurate, then there is still an opportunity for
someone
> to be the first to actually do it.
>
> Imagine if HP did this. In fact, how about "Imagine" as a next
generation
> RDBMS on MPE.