RIP Jim Gray - Closure in Disappearance of Computer Scientist

Dr. Gray wrote "Transaction Processing"[1] that has proven indispensable in my career and a generally great book. I didn't know the man, but he influenced me deeply from afar. RIP.

[1]: http://www.amazon.com/Transaction-Processing-Concepts-Techni...

There's an inspiring article in The Communications of the AMC on the group of people who came together to help search for Jim Gray when he disappeared: http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2011/7/109892-searching-for-ji...

Jim was a friend. I guess this is closure of a sort, but he is still missed.

There is a great video, part of Behind the Code series at Channel 9, interview with Jim Gray from 2006.

http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Behind+The+Code/Conversation-...

I was at Microsoft Research and on the SQL Server Transaction Engine Team when he was there. He was a generous and inspiring leader and teacher. RIP.

A Conversation with Jim Gray http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=864078

Dr. Gray was someone who worked at the core, conceptual level of computer science and brought it to application-level form. He gave a speech at a conference I attended, and I recall him so naturally gifted and the ease with which he understood technology. He was just on a higher plane than most everyone else.

RIP, Dr. Gray. And best wishes to his family and friends for peace and closure.

I am blessed with how much I learned, and am still learning from Jim Gray. I <3 storage because of him. RIP.

Lots more bizarre deaths of computer scientists. Could this be related?

http://www.whale.to/b/sdi.html