Born: December 19, 1917 Passed: - Why Donald B. Nelson Mattered Donald B. Nelson transformed the way people interacted with databases. As one of the principal architects behind the Pick operating system's ENGLISH language, he helped make information accessible to people who were not programmers. His vision of allowing users to retrieve and analyze data using simple, readable commands was revolutionary for its time and became one of the defining innovations of the MultiValue d

Born: October 3, 1940 Passed: October 6, 1994 - Why Richard Pick Mattered Richard A. "Dick" Pick forever changed the way business data is stored, organized, and accessed. As the creator of the Pick operating system and database model, he introduced revolutionary concepts that were decades ahead of their time, including a MultiValue data architecture, a data dictionary, an integrated operating system and database, and an application environment designed specifically for busine

Passed: December 2011 - Why Joseph Cupp Jr. Mattered Joseph Cupp Jr. devoted his career to ensuring the success of the MultiValue community and the businesses that depended upon it. Through Orion Pacific Technologies and later as Co-founder and Vice President of Zumasys, Joe helped thousands of organizations deploy, support, and modernize their MultiValue systems. His leadership strengthened one of the largest MultiValue reseller and support networks in North America, while h