Perhaps those developers with doubts about the veracity of the announcement that Google is ditching Gears in favour of HTML5 would do well to read the news articles referenced in this results list:
http://news.google.co.uk/news/search?um=1&cf=all&ned=uk&hl=en&as_q=GOOGLE+GEARS+HTML5&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_scoring=r&btnG=Search&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=w&as_minm=11&as_mind=6&as_maxm=12&as_maxd=6&as_nsrc=&as_nloc=&geo=&as_author=&as_occt=any However much we may lament our investment so far in developing with/ for Gears, to stubbornly continue pouring more intellectual property into Gears is on a par with ignoring the "Check Engine Soon" warning light on a vehicle's instrument panel. We ignore this warning at our own peril.
