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22f34ba41df20ffbdb000d878ea91e90 Dear Elena, referring to your mail to Christine Schöpf I
am very sorry that your e-mail address was used in connection with Prix Ars Electronica.
I can assure that the whole story is a Fake. Unfortunately, this is the freedom on the
internet - untrue stories are launched without having any possibilities to know who are
the distributors. Talking to Joichi Ito, Lisa Goldman and Marleen Stikker they never sent
this press release to anybody. Marleen is also very confused that her address was used on
this release. Once again I have to apology Sincerely, Gabriele Strutzenberger >
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: elena.email [SMTP:elena@etxtreme.ru] > Gesendet
am: Donnerstag, 09. September 1999 02:46 > An: christine.schoepf@orf.at > Cc:
marleen@dds.nl; gabriele@aec.at; info@prixars.orf.at; ursula@aec.at; > info@aec.at >
Betreff: Press Release from Ars E. Jury > > Dear Mrs. Schoepf or to whom it may concern,
> From various sources we have learned that there is an e-mail by Ars
> Electronica in circulation which also talks about our company, > etxtreme.ru
(please find the mentioned email attached below). > > We have no idea whatsoever why
etxtreme.ru is being put into context > with Ars Electronica in this concern. We respect
Ars Electronica and its > work. Nevertheless, we as a company, are not very happy with
being used > as some sort of decoy by your festival´s jury. > > We are now encountering
requests by journalists and media, and we are > waiting for information on your side in
order to properly respond to the > media´s questions. > > In case of all this being a
mistake or misunderstanding, or if this > email is not originating from Ars Electronica,
we still ask you to > explain this incident. > > Sincerely, > > > Elena >
_______________________________________________________ > Public Relations Department
elena@etxtreme.ru > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > Below you will find a press statement
from members of the > > .net jury of this years Prix Ars Electronica. You will read > >
about the real paths that lead us, the jury, to award this > > years golden nica to the
operating system linux. > > > > Best, > > > > Marleen Stikker > > > >
______________________________________ > > > > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > Linz, Sep 6,
1999 > > > > > > Media Contacts: > > Marleen Stikker > > Centrum de Waag > > Amsterdam/
The Netherlands > > Tel: (+31)20-5579898 > > Fax: (+31)20-5579880 > > Email:
marleen@dds.nl > > Website: http://www.waag.org > > > > Dr. Christine Schoepf > > ORF
Prix Ars Electronica 99 > > Linz/ Austria > > Tel. (+43)732-6900-24218 > > Tel.
(+43)732-6900-24270 > > Email: christine.schoepf@orf.at > > Website:
http://prixars.orf.at > > > > > > > > ARS ELECTRONICA PLAYGROUND FOR CORPORATE STRATEGIES

> > > We, the "net." jury, have just learned that next years > > ars electronica

festival will be titled "OPEN SOURCE". > > This has been inofficially agreed on by the
direction of > > the ARS ELECTRONICA and the sponsors Siemens, Microsoft, > > Oracle and
HP, e.a. From reliable sources we also learned > > that the decision was made weeks
before the ".net"-jury > > decision on "linux". > > > > > > WHY WE ARE GOING PUBLIC > > >

Because we have also just learned that the above-mentioned > > IT-companies are

involved in a linux distribution joint > > venture and a strategic alliance. Their joint
venture startup > > will most probably become one of the leading linux > > distributors,
directly attacking Red Hat and SUSE. > > > > This is the classic oligopolistic strategy.

> They cannot buy linux, nevertheless, they will take control > > over the distibution

of the competitor. > > > > We were suspicious before, but now we are strongly convinced >

that there was indirect but heavy influence by corporate and > > ars electronica

executives to reach the "linux" decision... > > > > > > THE JURY WEEK-END > > > > For the
jury welcome dinner, a few corporate people had been > > invited, too. Everybody was
discussing about where Ars > > Electronica could or should be going. For the corporate
people > > the main hype was of course the .net category, e-commerce and > > the
commercial impact of the "mass communications" medium > > internet... and they were all
constantly talking about the > > creative potential of linux and its open source
strategy. > > > > Then, at the actual jury meeting, deciding on a winner appeared > > to
be quite a hard decision (not to say compromise). Whilst the > > majority of the jury had
a clear favourite in the russian info- > > intelligence startup "etxtreme.ru", another
juror started > > talking about "that we need to decide on something that is really > >
taking two steps ahead, not some arty-farty stuff". So "linux" just > > came up as a
smart solution. we took this path, we formulated our > > statement and came up with the
source code as art work, with our > > position against "beautiful" web-sites. it was a
strong moment. > > And we saw linux as the perfect continuum to the corporate artwork > >
of etoy.com, the Ars Electronica winners of 1996. > > > > > > TERRORVISION AND THE
LOGICAL CONCLUSION > > > > But the information about the secret linux distribution joint

> venture between Microsoft and Siemens in combination with next > > years topic made

us alert. > > > > Our conclusion: the industry has strongly lobbied and put > > pressure
on at least one jury member to award "linux". We now > > have to interpret this in
persepective of next years ars topic. > > They pushed the topic. The idea is to use the
art and science > > community to soft launch their linux activities and control > > open
source strategies. They do understand that open source > > has evolved into a stronger
development strategy and they have > > to jump that train early enough, in order to avoid
another > > "internet" desaster. > > > > So as artists writers and scientists we are used
as lab-rats > > and cheap alternative researchers. This is NOT what artists > > need and
it is certainly not what Ars Electronica should be > > aiming at. > > > > > > NEXT STEPS

> > > We believe that investigative journalism is needed to further > > describe and

interpret this incident.. > > We definitely want to engage in bringing transparency into
the > > "who`s, when`s, where`s, and for how much money" of this years > > decision
making process of Prix Ars Electronica. > > > > For the press, we are available for
background information and > > extended infos on the topic via email or at our on-the-fly
press > > conference: > > > > sept 8, 1999, 1630h > > brucknerhaus in linz > > > > > >
Regards, > > > > Derrick de Kerckhove > > Lisa Goldman > > Joichi Ito > > Marleen Stikker

> > > > > Contact: > > Marleen Stikker > > Centrum de Waag > > Amsterdam/ The

Netherlands > > Tel: (+31)20-5579898 > > Fax: (+31)20-5579880 > > Email: marleen@dds.nl >

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