Your ego aside, I don't give a toss if you respect this guy or not. The simple fact is he single handedly changed the world in more ways than you can ever imagine - Unix & C is everywhere. Period.

Pretty much every electronic device these days runs because of his work. Sure, your TV or bluray player might run Java, but the interpreter was written in C. Your computer's operating system, mostly C. Your car's ECU, C. Your telephone switching network.. etc etc.

You can respect whoever you want to, that's not the point. He's made far more of a change to the world than an asshole who sold shiny toys. And yes, I own some of those shiny toys.