A couple of months ago, I wrote a post inspired by a bunch of Jim Gray presentations. At the time, I had contacted Jim and requested permission to use one or more figures from his slides. He was prompt and friendly, and I had been hoping to run into him in person some day. So it was with some dismay when I read on Scoble’s blog that Jim Gray was missing.
As of now, Jim and his boat are still unaccounted for. Fingers are all crossed.
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you may be interested in the recent post at my blog on this.
you may be interested in the recent post at my blog on this.
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