[gopher] Re: Fate of the Protocol (was Re: Gopherness)

["Matthew Holevinski" <eylusion@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jay, I am realistic on this topic, I really am, your right it'll never regain
a foothold, but while I'm still around I'll use it, if I can.

Matt

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Avery M. <averym@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Jay Nemrow <jnemrow@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I can't see your vision ever happening.  Gopher is essentially dead to
>> nearly everyone, if they even knew it ever lived.  Apparently, we just
>> never attended the funeral.
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> This is overly pessimistic. I maintain a gopher because I like the
> undemanding nature of the protocol. Unlike HTTP, whose cognitive style
> rewards distraction and skimming, Gopher gives you a decidedly
> un-hyper text file and then it's done. I believe other people should
> maintain gophers as well, and to that end this list is useful.
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