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OK, I admit it. I was just a front-man for the real fathers of Linux, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus.

— Linus Torvalds Attributed

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Responding to the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution's claim that Linus Torvalds is not the real father of Linux.

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