Nine To Noon for Wednesday 27 May 2009
09:05 NZOSS calls for agencies to consider alternatives to Microsoft
Don Christie, President of the New Zealand Open Source Society (NZOSS) talks about the reasons Government agencies should consider alternatives to Microsoft Software.
09:20 NZ Government licence negotiations with Microsoft
Kevin Ackhurst, Managing Director Microsoft NZ responds to comments made by Don Christie and answers questions about the negotiations.
09:30 Uncovered British MP's expenses
Heather Brooke is the journalist who first started digging around 5 years ago to get details of MPs' expenses in the UK
"Your Right to Know" www.yrtk.org
09:30 Heather Brooke
Heather Brooke is the journalist who first started digging around 5 years ago to get details of MPs' expenses in the UK
Heather Brooke's website - Your Right to Know.
09:45 Australian correspondent Ray Moynihan
10:05 Richard Taylor
Oscar-winning special effects wizard who co-founded special effects company Weta Workshop in 1994. He still maintains a very hands-on role in the workshop. But how does a company like Weta, the driving force behind 'Silicon Welly' and a big local employer in Wellington, weather the financial crisis? They've devised a whole lot of side projects, including a range of 3D collectable models; as well as the WotWots, an entirely NZ-made (and self-funded) kids TV programme.
10:25 Book review with Catriona Ferguson
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Published by Virago
ISBN 9781844086023
10:45 Reading: On An Island With Consequences Dire by Kelly-Ana Morey
Episode 8 of 10
Repercussions of a summer island years ago, when one bloody fit of jealousy and rage changes the lives of three teenage schoolgirl friends forever of a summer island years ago, when one bloody fit of jealousy and rage changes the lives of three teenage schoolgirl friends forever.
11:05 Music review with Marty Duda
Artist of the Week is Ramblin' Jack Elliott
1. Talking Miner Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliott taken from 1962 album
"At The Second Fret, Recorded Live" (Prestige)
2. I'm A Ramblin' Boy - Ramblin' Jack Elliott taken from 1975 live
performance "Rolling Thunder Revue"
3. San Francisco Bay Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliott taken from 1995
album "South Coast" (Red House)
4. Rambler's Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliott taken from 2009 album "A
Stranger Here" (Anti-)
11:30 Legal commentator Robert Lithgow
Discussing the Justice Minister's plans to revamp the court system, which would see judges alone - as opposed to 12 jurors - deliver verdicts on certain charges.
11:45 Film review Graeme Tuckett
Bottle Shock - about the time Californian wine beat French wine in a blind taste test... as well as the Kiwi documentary, Trouble Is My Business and the Hokianga Film Festival.