Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list gopher); Thu, 28 Mar 2002 02:45:47 -0500 (EST) Return-Path: <oulala@chez.com> Delivered-To: gopher@complete.org Received: from anita.nfrance.com (anita.nfrance.com [212.208.53.205]) by pi.glockenspiel.complete.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 552DB3B80B for <gopher@complete.org>; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 02:45:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from aglaee.nfrance.com (root@aglaee.nfrance.com [212.208.53.223]) by anita.nfrance.com (8.11.6/8.11.6/NFrance Conseil Antispam Version) with ESMTP id g2S7jiK16070 for <gopher@complete.org>; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 08:45:44 +0100 Received: from trabent.nfrance.com (trabent.nfrance.com [212.208.53.190]) by aglaee.nfrance.com (8.11.6/8.11.6/NFrance Conseil Antispam Version) with ESMTP id g2S7kta25865 for <gopher@complete.org>; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 08:46:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from tboudet by trabent.nfrance.com with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16qUak-00008M-00 for <gopher@complete.org>; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 08:45:02 +0100 Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 08:45:02 +0100 From: "Thierry B." <oulala@chez.com> To: gopher@complete.org Subject: [gopher] Re: The road ahead Message-ID: <20020328084502.A350@trabent.nfrance.com> References: <143EE215-419B-11D6-863F-0003930BF072@complete.org> <p05010406b8c7a71a4776@[205.189.158.32]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <p05010406b8c7a71a4776@[205.189.158.32]>; from rhahn@tenletters.com on Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 11:51:27AM -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 540 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: gopher-bounce@complete.org Errors-to: gopher-bounce@complete.org X-original-sender: oulala@chez.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: gopher@complete.org List-help: <mailto:ecartis@complete.org?Subject=help> List-unsubscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=unsubscribe> List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> X-List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> List-subscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=subscribe> List-owner: <mailto:jgoerzen@complete.org> List-post: <mailto:gopher@complete.org> List-archive: <http://www.complete.org/mailinglists/archives/> X-list: gopher

On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 11:51:27AM -0500, Robert Hahn wrote: > > If this is what Gopher is truly about, then maybe we're going about > designing clients the wrong way. > > Maybe we should figure out how to mount a gopherhole as a networked > drive (mounted readonly) and just let people use their OS of choice > to browse, search, index, and open files - whatever they do with the > files on their own drive - other than writing - can be done on a > gopherdrive. >

Yes, I agree.

> If that's what Gopher is *really* about. > > ...and I'm really cool with that notion - it makes a far better > distinction from the web than many popular conceptions of what gopher > is... >

May be we can do it with Hurd's translators ?

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