As the relational model started to become fashionable in the early 1980s, Codd fought a sometimes bitter campaign to prevent the term being misused by database vendors who had merely added a relational veneer to older technology.
Kako je relacijski model počeo biti u modi ranih 1980-ih, Codd je vojevao gdjekad grube bitke kako bi spriječio zlouporabu naziva od strane prodavača baza podataka koji su samo staru tehnologiju okrstili relacijskom.