i'm not a developer but i've always followed whats going on etc and my first introduction to what people were doing with the n900 was with gary and his tinkering.
when everyone around will see negatives and now a days it's the thing to do, i found from reading gary's posts and blog that he was always very positive. i never did meet him or talk but i did read quite a lot from him as his personality showed. may his dreams live on.

my heart reaches out to his family and i hope they can with time recover from their loss.