As a big gopher user[1] I feel that Gemini was born out the frustration of gopher not having a standard SSL mechanism. There's been several attempts to weld SSL

As a big gopher user[1] I feel that Gemini was born out the frustration of gopher not having a standard SSL mechanism. There's been several attempts to weld SSL onto gopher resulting in a fractured landscape. One of the major desires is to not break legacy clients which makes implementation tricky. I've been following the Gemini mailing list for some time now, and I am still not a fan. it feels a lot like re-inventing the wheel, instead of working with existing protocols (like gopher). It also seems to be a passion project of one person, albeit with a large community of followers. --- [1] Shameless plug: http://www.jaruzel.com/gopher/gopher-client-browser-for-windows http://www.jaruzel.com/gopher/gopher-client-browser-for-wind...