Google pitches faster Web -- Web Development -- InformationWeek

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) VP of engineering Vic Gundotra said last month that "the Web has won," a declaration meant to convey that emerging open Web standards such as HTML 5 represent the preferred development platform going forward.

But the race isn't over yet. Companies such as Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) that have investments in competing technologies don't accept Google's contention that open source standards and non-proprietary tools represent the future.