Knowledge and wisdom

ABSTRACT

Jim Gray was my mentor and friend for almost 25 years. Even before we met, he was changing my life through his writings. Jim continually and patiently nudged me to strive for more, accomplish more, and to pass these gifts on to others. He embodied those attributes that I most want to emulate.

Jim influenced those around him both by sharing in his immense knowledge and by listening and guiding. Even more, he created a community that fostered growth and sharing across competitive boundaries with a clear ethical compass. This paper summarizes my experiences with Jim's approach to nurturing and mentoring.

REFERENCES

• 1: {Gray} http://research.microsoft.com/~Gray/
• 2: Jim Gray, Notes on Data Base Operating Systems, Operating Systems, An Advanced Course, p.393-481, January 1978
• 3: Jim Gray , Andreas Reuter, Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1992
• 4: Jim Gray , Pat Helland , Patrick O'Neil , Dennis Shasha, The dangers of replication and a solution, Proceedings of the 1996 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data, p.173-182, June 04-06, 1996, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• 5: {Gray 2007} Tape Is Dead, Disk Is Tape, Flash Is Disk, RAM Locality Is King, http://research.microsoft.com/~gray/talks/Flash_is_Good.ppt
• 6: {HPTS} High Performance Transaction Systems Workshop www.hpts.ws

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  A. General Literature
  A.0 GENERAL

Additional Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.7 THE COMPUTING PROFESSION
      K.7.4 Professional Ethics