Google: A New Direction for the Web

When talking about innovativeness in XML and http technology, Google always comes to mind. Google will spend hundreds of millions within the next year to improve their web platform, thus creating a better overall user Web experience. How will this technology compete with Yahoo’s current plans to improve open sourcing software technology?

Vic Gundotra, the new head of Google’s developer programs seems to have an answer:

When competitors adopt the technology, it shows us how we are succeeding. The difference from the past is that companies competed by attracting developers to their proprietary platforms. For Google and others, the Web is the platform and no one owns it.

Is Google in a position to set direction for the Web? Read all about it in Dan Farber’s blog on ZDNet. It’s a must read…