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		data_ders on July 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Rise and Fall of the OLAP Cube (2020) the “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

brazzy on July 5, 2021 [–]

He 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 on July 5, 2021 | [–]

Indeed, but was the paper wrong?

skeeter2020 on July 5, 2021 | | [–]

It doesn't matter. The undisclosed conflict of interest should eliminate it from consideration.

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