> How old is Linux???? How old was the boy (roughly)???
> I think that is what they were aiming at.
>

Linus Torvalds released Linux to the world:

> From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
> Subject: Free minix-like kernel sources for 386-AT
> Message-ID: <1991Oct5.054106.4647@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
> Date: 5 Oct 91 05:41:06 GMT
> Organization: University of Helsinki

(Taken from an email based origins write-up at
http://www2.educ.umu.se/~bjorn/linux/misc/linux-history.html)

5 Oct 91 is the generally accepted date of the birth of Linux because that
is when Linus announced that the source was available to download.  That
makes Linux 12 years old.  The kid in the commercial looks roughly that
age (maybe a little younger) to me.

Alan