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Why not? Ferdinand was a visionary that followed his intuition against all odds and produced an iconic product.

• lostlogin 13y ago
  Visionary, yes. There are some pretty serious question marks over his character however. http://m.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-652371.html#spRedirectedFrom=www&referrrer=https://www.google.co.nz/ http://m.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-652371.html#spRe...
  • lispm 13y ago
    I don't think these are just 'question marks'. It's pretty clear that Ferdinand Porsche was a Nazi and he supported the German war machine in a big way.
    • MartinCron 13y ago
      "Morally suspect" also fits the HN community pretty well. Plenty of terrible people are celebrated for their non- terrible contributions.
      • lispm 13y ago
        Even non-terrible people for their terrible contributions.
      • hnisnotreddit 13y ago
        I'll just leave this[1] here as evidence. I still celebrate his work, just not his character. 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7134774#up_7135480 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7134774#up_7135480
        • MartinCron 13y ago
          Yeah, I can't even parse that discussion. Jumping in mid-thread didn't help.