6 Feb
2002
6 Feb
'02
3:24 a.m.
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Lawrence LeMay wrote:
The last real impressive software we developed was
Gopher. I can still
remember when any sane person had realized Gopher was dead, I asked
why they were still holding these yearly Gopher conferences, and the
guys started gushing about "3D Gopher" that was going to be all the rage.
And yes it sounded as absurd to me then as it does in hindsight today.
Yes, and as we all know, adding dimensions to your software's user
interface immediately makes it more advanced and powerful. Yeah, I'm
working on creating a 4-dimensional `vi'. It's gonna be so damn cool.
-brian.