p2pnet.net News:- Now it can be told - the shocking truth about Linus Torvalds and AdeTI claims, yesterday, that he isn’t really the inventor of Linux.

“Ok, I admit it,” he told LinxWorld in a World Exclusive here, confessing he was just a front-man for the real fathers of Linux, the Tooth Fairy 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,” he says.

“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,” Torvalds states in the LinuxWorld story.

“They started to look for a front-man, and since Santa Claus is from Finland and thus has connections to Helsinki University, and the tooth fairy claimed ‘He’s got good strong teeth,’ I got selected.”"

Say no more.

“Since then,” Torvalds continues, “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 Institute has finally uncovered the lie. I can now go back to my chosen profession, the exploration of the fascinating mating dance of the common newt.”

And there’s a PS, LinuxWorld adds, to wit:

“Btw, did you know that newts have more offspring if you play the harmonica to them during their mating rituals? It’s true.”

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