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<p>Hi NN:</p>
<p>Dunno, but here goes my opinion:</p>
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<li>Gopher, as a TCP/IP application layer protocol , it has its own port dedicated ( useful if you dare to play with iptables ).</li>
<li>To me, is more organized, in the aspect to classify and present your documents ( no distraction), and the read-only ability ( if wanted ).</li>
<li>Serving as a publishing tool, gopher is quite useful (think of presenting and sharing news, receipts, research papers, et al ).</li>
<li>Think also of multimedia content or the old CD-ROM support: work like that but at a minimum.</li>
<li>The way it works from server to server (proxies ), is also unique.</li>
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<p>At least but not last: You have no obligation to user the Gopher, if it does not fit your purposes ;)</p>
<p>have a nice day.</p>
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<p>On 2015-02-11 16:29, NN NN wrote:</p>
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<pre>For what reasons is Gopher needed if there are FTP and HTTP?
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<p>a <a class="mw-redirect" title="TCP/IP" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP/IP">TCP/IP</a> <a title="Application layer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_layer">application layer</a> <a title="Communications protocol" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_protocol">protocol</a> </p>
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