I love that gif. God definitely has a sense of humor.
Torvalds would appreciate the flattery but Gates is the one with the god complex.
I don't know if it started with Linus picking the penguin to be the Linux mascot but overall Linux is a far more lighthearted endeavor than anything the mind-numbed Windoze robots could come up with. The whole guh-noo, guh-nome, Kommander, Konqueror thing probably is a bit bewildering to Linux newbies but I find the kitsch and the sense of humor is part of its charm.
In addition to the fact that it's a bur under Bill's saddle that he can't make a dent in the handheld digital devices market on account of widespread loyalty to that penguin and its stepchild, the bugdroid.