I think it wasn&#x27;t just about mindshare. It&#x27;s easy enough to emulate gopher with a website: it&#x27;s just a list of links: &lt;ol&gt; and &lt;a&gt; to the rescue.<p>I still remember the lab where someone first showed me Mosaic.  I was familiar with the Internet: FTP, Usenet, xtank, archie.  I said, &#x27;what&#x27;s that?&#x27;  He said, &#x27;it&#x27;s the World Wide Web!&#x27;  I asked, &#x27;what&#x27;s <i>that</i>?&#x27; and he replied, &#x27;it&#x27;s like the Internet, but even bigger!&#x27;<p>That was all it took.