Re: What's the status of Mostognir?
Greetings.
On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 21:00:02 +0200 "Bradley D. Thornton" <Bradley@NorthTech.US> wrote:
> I'm really tired of Gopher being characterized as a novelty from
> yesteryear, and only relevant as a nostalgic oddity - it was the
> hyperlinked service of the Internet that powered almost all online
> libraries, many Internet resources, and once again, is gaining
> popularity as a lean machine, rather than some red-headed stepchild
> obviated by HTTP.
>
> Moving forward, can we all agree to refer to it in present tense,
> instead of past tense as some nkche hobbiest platform that is only
> relevant in demonstrating the so-called, 'good ole days'?
For me it is to keep another view alive, so people can learn from it.
The problem in the tech world is, that alternative views are getting
lost and may (with AI taking over even programming) lose our ability to
change basic things.
It is one reason, why bitreich supports this: Get people to think
different. Gopher is simple and with some minor tweaks, it is
compatible to everything modern (UTF-8, some media types). The TLS
topic seems to be something, that even on the web now breaks apart,
since PKI requires trust in corrupt CA lists in webbrowsers, which
noone should really trust anymore.
And don't forget, as we have it on the bitreich IRC channels all day,
to have fun. All hobby projects need to be fun, so people give their
time for a good reason.
Btw., could anyone fix the mailinglist, so it properly works?
Registration, receiving e-mail etc. all seem to be broken by many
reports.
Sincerely,
Christoph Lohmann
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