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by screwt 5358 days ago
It does.

  "Linus Torvalds ... reinvented Unix for the internet age"
  "Unix-like systems power several hundred million Apple and Android mobile devices, most internet firms' server farms"
Given the massive amounts of attention shown to Jobs' death, mentioning him gives the article sensible context (especially considering that most Economist readers are unlikely to have hear of Ritchie).