{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = David Harris | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1961|8}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Software developer }} '''David Harris''' (born in August 1961) is a New Zealand software developer from Dunedin, New Zealand. He developed the Pegasus Mail client and the Mercury Mail Transport System,<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography at InternetNZ|url=http://www.internetnz.net.nz/about/council/archive/2004/harrisd.html|accessdate=2006-04-06|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019061838/http://www.internetnz.net.nz/about/council/archive/2004/harrisd.html|archivedate=2008-10-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Clarke |first1=Gavin |title=Lack of cash claims email pioneer |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/05/pegasus_free_email/ |accessdate=10 November 2018 |work=The Register: Business |date=5 January 2007}}</ref> and is a former staff member of the University of Otago. He wrote columns for ''Computerworld'' between 2000 and 2004.<ref>[https://www.computerworld.co.nz/author/2147446105/david-harris/articles?page=1 Stories by David Harris], ''Computerworld'', Retrieved 15 October 2018.</ref>
Harris received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the PC World Awards in Auckland on 15 November 2002.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081014010744/http://www.ashemorganyoung.co.nz/nz.PDF Tech News: NZ: The Clever Country: David Harris], 25 November 2002. Retrieved 2006-04-06.</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.pmail.com Pegasus Mail] * [http://www.pmail.com/overviews/ovw_mercury.htm Mercury Mail Transport System] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081018155438/http://www.internetnz.net.nz/proceedings/agm/archive/2005/cl-dh.html David Harris's nomination for the Internet Council of New Zealand]
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