But what does Torvalds himself have to say? He replied to the accusation
with this bit of whimsy:
"OK, I admit it. I was just a front man for the real fathers of Linux: the
Easter Bunny and Santa Claus. They (for obvious reasons) couldn't step
forward to admit that they had gotten bitten by the computer bug and had
been developing a series of operating systems on their own during the
off-season.
"But when they started with Linux (which they originally called Freax-they
do feel like outsiders, you know, and that's a whole sad story in itself),
they felt that they could no longer just let it languish in obscurity.
"They started to look for a front man, and since Santa Claus is from
Finland, and thus has connections to Helsinki University, and the Easter
Bunny claimed, 'He's got good ears, if a bit small,' I got selected.
"Since then, I've lived a life of subterfuge, always afraid that somebody
would find out the truth. I'm actually relieved that it's over, and that the
Alexis de Tocqueville Institution has finally uncovered the lie. I can now
go back to my chosen profession, the exploration of the fascinating mating
dance of the aquatic African frog."
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