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

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You mean like the "BROKEN" link to Project Gutenberg:
gopher://gopher.quux.org/1/Archives/
 
Or perhaps the empty link to Online Libraries:
gopher://gopher.quux.org/1/Reference%09%09%2B
 
Yes, that was a bit sarcastic, but seriously, maybe we should begin by just 
taking baby steps... such as keeping our own Servers up to date?
gopher://gopher.quux.org/1/Archives/Mailing%20Lists/gopher
gopher://hal3000.cx/1/Phlog%09%09%2B
 
Or perhaps by helping fellow Gopher Wranglers in that effort by suggesting to 
them New Links, and reporting any Broken Links that appear on their Servers:  
gopher://home.jumpjet.info/1\Gopher_Jewels_2
 
(Of course, you can't communicate with a Gopher Wrangler if they don't bother 
to put their contact information somewhere on the Server)!!!
 
--- On Tue, 8/5/08, Matthew Holevinski <eylusion@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Matthew Holevinski <eylusion@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [gopher] Re: Fate of the Protocol (was Re: Gopherness)
To: gopher@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 3:26 PM

Wait I'm sorry, I hate to keep sending emails :)
What about the electronic library movements? I figure that is something
gopher could help with, veronica for indexing of books or what not, and then
downloading the texts from gopher servers would be pretty slick in my book
not that I like reading full texts from a computer screen as I don't
suppose
many do, but it seems to me that is a viable function gopher could serve.

Matt

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Matthew Holevinski <eylusion@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>