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

["Jay Nemrow" <jnemrow@xxxxxxx>]

I think you are absolutely right about the kinds of behaviors www and
gopher promote.  (Look! we agree!)  Unfortunately, I don't think it
matters to people in the real world.  I prefer to call this
"realistic" and hope no one is foolish enough to think someone will be
tweeking gopher into some "www-killer".

Remember, I run a gopher server, too.  I have my reasons as well.

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Avery M. <averym@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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