About David Harris
Born 1961. David Harris is a New Zealand and New Zealander computer scientist, engineer, software developer and photographer.
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, and is a former staff member of the University of Otago. He wrote columns for Computerworld between 2000 and 2004.
Harris received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the PC World Awards in Auckland on 15 November 2002.
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software developer
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David Harris was born on 1 August 1961 in Dunedin.
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David Harris is a computer scientist, engineer, software developer and photographer.
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David Harris is New Zealand and New Zealander.
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