> b) aggressively reaching out and poaching a (foreign) partner's key people, especially when that partner is 50-100x smaller > I'm sure you're aware of this so I'm left a bit confused here.

So to clarify, if you ever work for a small company you can't move to a bigger competitor? Or are you suggesting legislation that prohibits large companies paying more?

I'm really not clear what you think is correct here?

> Umm... Okay.

Literally I was agreeing with you about the workload that comes from google's approach to spewing "specs" is excessive, especially when coupled with the attitude of chrome fans.

> I'm really not clear what you think is correct here?

Perhaps I'm saying exactly what I wrote and not your explicit misinterpretation of it.

Edit: @refulgentis: Google launched AngularJS in 2010, for example.

You're not exactly wrong if I parse it carefully with rigid dedication to your desired interpretation. The overall hyperbole of the argument prevents that interpretation from being natural to the reader. (websites in 2011 were just documents with a little sprinkle of javascript here and there is where you 100% lose me)