Gophersphere

I was reading an old Internet book and came across the concept of Gopher, as far as I can see the precursor to the World Wide Web. Veronica was one way to browse it, although modern web browsers can often handle it too.

It may still exist to some extent. Anyone have any recollection of Gopher?

Yup, but it's hazy. Mind you, that could be the fault of Mr Bowmore.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol)
And here I thought Gopher was Bill Murray's nemisis in Caddyshack....

Basically it withered on the vine because mickeysoft ignored it, and there were other protocols which did the same thing.