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2023-02-24 18:09:48

arbedout on Nostr: Moving on from UseNet to the death of Gopher, comparing this article: "Where Have all ...

Moving on from UseNet to the death of Gopher, comparing this article:

"Where Have all the Gophers Gone? Why the Web beat Gopher in the Battle for Protocol Mind Share" https://ils.unc.edu/callee/gopherpaper.htm

...with an interview with Mark McCahill, lead Gopher dev:

https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/107471/oh328mmc.pdf


TL,DR:

Historian: This protocol failed due to complex technological and sociological problems

Lead Dev: "What killed the protocol off was when people stopped using Gopher clients specifically and started using Mosaic" 🤔
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