Agreed that he is highly intelligent. But his rudeness, arrogance and temperament really hurts the perception of him. Also, it seems that he easily lets himself be insulted.
by all accounts Steve Jobs was an ahole too and all he cared about was building better apple products. yeah it would be great if everyone was nice, but i don't count that against him.
...and Luciano Pavorotti, and John Lenon, and Alan Turing, and Winston Churchill, and Hannibal...
