David Harris (software developer)
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David Harris is a software developer
from Dunedin
, New Zealand
. He developed the Pegasus Mail
client and the Mercury Mail Transport System
, and is a former staff member of the University of Otago
.
David received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the PC World Awards in Auckland on
November 15, 2002.
Prior to working in the software business, Harris worked as a photographer.
Software developer
A software developer is a person concerned with facets of the software development process. Their work includes researching, designing, developing, and testing software. A software developer may take part in design, computer programming, or software project management...
from Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. He developed the Pegasus Mail
Pegasus Mail
Pegasus Mail is a donationware , proprietary, email client that is developed and maintained by David Harris and his team. It was originally released in 1990 for internal and external mail on Netware networks with MS-DOS clients, and was subsequently ported to Microsoft Windows...
client and the Mercury Mail Transport System
Mercury Mail Transport System
Mercury Mail Transport System is a standards-compliant donationware mail server developed by David Harris, who also develops the Pegasus Mail client....
, and is a former staff member of the University of Otago
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
.
David received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the PC World Awards in Auckland on
November 15, 2002.
Prior to working in the software business, Harris worked as a photographer.