'''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 Biography at InternetNZ]. retrieved |accessdate=2006-04-06. {{webarchive |urlarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019061838/http://www.internetnz.net.nz/about/council/archive/2004/harrisd.html|datearchivedate=2008-10-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite Octobernews 2008|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>
David received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the [[PC World]] Awards in [[Auckland]] on
15 November 2002.<ref>[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20081014010744/http://www.ashemorganyoung.co.nz/nz.PDF Tech News: NZ: The Clever Country: David Harris], 25/11/ November 2002. retrievedRetrieved 2006-04-06.</ref>
Prior to working in the software business, Harris worked as a photographer.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}
