but first, a tidbit: A modern US Navy cruiser now requires 26 tons of manuals. This is enough to affect the vessel's performance.
-- `New Scientist' article on the paperless office
Gopher Turns 10 / Gopher 3.0 (Furry Terror) Released January 8, 2002
The Internet Gopher Server and Curses Client is 10 years old!* Since its announcement in late 1991, Gopher quickly sprang up to be one of the most innovative technologies of its time. Gopher today still provides features not found on Web servers -- namely, its idea that the entire planet is just one big filesystem. gopher://gopher.quux.org/h/3.0.0.html