Steve Dorner
Encyclopedia
Steve Dorner is an American
software engineer
. He developed the Eudora
e-mail client
in 1988 as a part of his work as a staff member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
. Dorner was hired by Qualcomm in July 1992 and Eudora was subsequently acquired by Qualcomm
. Dorner also developed a popular online directory/phone book in the early 1990s commonly referred to as the CCSO Nameserver
.
Dorner received his bachelor's degree
in 1983 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
A 1997 interview with The New York Times
describes how Dorner, when he stopped working for the University and started working for Qualcomm, chose not to move to California
. Instead, he telecommuted
from an office in a 1950s bomb shelter under his Urbana
, Illinois
home. Later, he moved his office to his woodworking shop, which is heated.
As of 2006 Dorner was one of Qualcomm engineers tasked with shifting Eudora to a Mozilla Thunderbird
base.
United States
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software engineer
Software engineer
A software engineer is an engineer who applies the principles of software engineering to the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers or anything containing software, such as computer chips, work.- Overview :...
. He developed the Eudora
Eudora (e-mail client)
Eudora is an e-mail client used on the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems. It also supports several palmtop computing platforms, including Newton and the Palm OS....
e-mail client
E-mail client
An email client, email reader, or more formally mail user agent , is a computer program used to manage a user's email.The term can refer to any system capable of accessing the user's email mailbox, regardless of it being a mail user agent, a relaying server, or a human typing on a terminal...
in 1988 as a part of his work as a staff member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
. Dorner was hired by Qualcomm in July 1992 and Eudora was subsequently acquired by Qualcomm
Qualcomm
Qualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...
. Dorner also developed a popular online directory/phone book in the early 1990s commonly referred to as the CCSO Nameserver
CCSO Nameserver
A CCSO name-server or Ph protocol was an early form of database search on the web. In its most common form it was used to look up information such as phone numbers and e-mail addresses. Today this service has been largely replaced by LDAP. It was used mainly in the early-to-middle 1990s...
.
Dorner received his bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in 1983 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
A 1997 interview with The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
describes how Dorner, when he stopped working for the University and started working for Qualcomm, chose not to move to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Instead, he telecommuted
Telecommuting
Telecommuting or telework is a work arrangement in which employees enjoy flexibility in working location and hours. In other words, the daily commute to a central place of work is replaced by telecommunication links...
from an office in a 1950s bomb shelter under his Urbana
Urbana, Illinois
Urbana is the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,250. Urbana is the tenth-most populous city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area....
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
home. Later, he moved his office to his woodworking shop, which is heated.
As of 2006 Dorner was one of Qualcomm engineers tasked with shifting Eudora to a Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and news client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox, a project aimed at creating a web browser...
base.