HTML is Dead...so What is the alternative?

I have been predicting the death of HTML as a basic web tier for last 3-4 years, as HTML was not created for WWW but for distributed publishing. This article in boxes & arrows, pretty clearly explains the same. They have given due respect to Flash, Java and along with not so popular few more technologies including the one from MIT and and Java XML based language.HTML's Time is Over. Let's Move On.