- From: Larry Masinter <LMM@acm.org>
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:55:42 -0700
- To: uri@w3.org
Just to be clear that this isn't a new position on my part, I'll point you at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/uri/2003Sep/0019.html and before that http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/uri/2003Mar/0043.html Consider section 3.2 of http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-newtrk-cruft-00.txt While gopher is implemented, it is not widely implementation, implementations are declining rather than rising http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/, and there is no interest in further work, updating gopher or advancement. Certainly there may be some interest in preserving antique protocols for fun and amusement, but there's no point in advancing them along standards track. I see real value in updating 'file', 'ftp' and (to some degree) 'telnet' to match their actual use, and I appreciate the effort to bring them along and advance them on standards track. Larry -- http://larry.masinter.net
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