[jerhewet]

I could not agree more. You might love him, you might hate him. But he was a fixture in the Golden Age of Personal Computing.

[ChrisMarshallNY]

He was definitely controversial, as evidenced by the rating on the grandfather post.

[maratc]

Not sure if it's about him being controversial, or about him commenting on the industry but not being a part of it in a sense that e.g. Dennis Ritchie or Steve Jobs were. (Could be both.)