Alexandra Bruce – I first heard about Patrick Byrne around 2005 from my friend, the late John Perry Barlow, who was then staying with me at my parents’ apartment in Rio de Janeiro, while I was writing a book and he was advising the Brazilian government.

He was advising Brazil to move their entire digital infrastructure off of Microsoft and onto Linux with their own proprietary software and he was doing this through Gilberto Gil’s Ministry of Culture, of all places. I don’t know if they managed to achieve Barlow’s goal to get Bill Gates’ backdoor out of their government’s business, across all platforms. (Who has?) Continue reading →