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From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
Date: 10 Jan 2002 09:47:26 -0500
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http://lwn.net/2002/0110/devel.php3

Development projects

News and Editorials

   Gopher 3.0 (Furry Terror) released To mark the tenth anniversary of
   Gopher, the Gopher development team has released [14]version 3.0 of
   the Internet Gopher Server and Client, " the first new release of the
   UMN Gopher tree in five years and the result of a year's worth of
   effort". This release includes fixes for many security bugs, better
   MIME support, and support for current operating systems.

   Gopher is a hypertext system that lacks the graphical capabilities of
   the web, but it does have file download capabilities. Gopher has been
   on the endangered species list for quite a while but it may be
   experiencing a comeback in some circles. The Gopher format is still
   supported by most of the common web browsers.

   [15]The Gopher Project was in use prior to to the wide adoption of the
   World Wide Web. It offered remote file access without the hassles of
   logging into an FTP server.

   Gopher tends to be a bit more efficient than the web, and is both
   quicker to use and a lighter load on the server. It could still be a
   useful protocol for bandwidth and graphics limited devices such as
   wireless PDAs with small format screens.

   The [16]Gopherspace Introduction promotes the protocol and illustrates
   some of Gopher's history. [17]The Gopher Manifesto documents more
   Gopher history and contains lots of fun Gopher trivia.

   Downloads of the latest versions of the Gopher softweare packages
   [18]are available here.


References

  14. gopher://quux.org/h3.0.0.html
  15. http://quux.org/hurg/hurg?selector=/Software/Gopher&host=quux.org&port=70&username=The+Gopher+Project&type=1&cannedspiel=1
  16. http://quux.org/hurg/hurg?selector=%2Fgopher%2Fwelcome&port=70&type=0&host=gopher.floodgap.com&username=A+Brief+Introduction+to+Gopherspace
  17. http://quux.org/hurg/hurg?selector=0%2FSoftware%2FGopher%2Fwhygopher%2Fgopher-manifesto.txt&port=70&type=0&host=gopher.quux.org&username=Gopher+Manifesto
  18. http://www.quux.org/give-me-gopher/