I agree with him. It was huge news when the licensing model was announced. Many people had expected it to be freely available. The day it was announced was the day that Web growth truly began. The rats didnt just jump from the ship, they created new ships. I feel bad for Bob Alberti in particular.

rohit khare's 'who killed gopher? an extensible murder mystery' points out several other factors

https://ics.uci.edu/~rohit/IEEE-L7-http-gopher.html

Really excellent read still!