Two problems with this article. First, the primary critic they quote, and the only individual named, is the creator of JavaScript. Naturally, with his emotional and intellectual investment in JavaScript he is going to oppose anything that may replace it.
Second is their criticism of Google designing the initial version of Dart "behind closed doors" as a betrayal of open source. Generally, all open source programs start privately then are opened when they reach an adequate level of functionality that people can start hacking on them. Mozilla almost died when it was open-sourced because it wasn't ready for most hackers to work on.
Second is their criticism of Google designing the initial version of Dart "behind closed doors" as a betrayal of open source. Generally, all open source programs start privately then are opened when they reach an adequate level of functionality that people can start hacking on them. Mozilla almost died when it was open-sourced because it wasn't ready for most hackers to work on.