Why I Think Angular 2 Will Still Be Angular

Since the announcements of all the Angular 2.0 changes last week, the Internets have been hot with people voicing their concerns and criticisms over what the Angular team is doing. Many of these criticisms are perfectly valid, but there's also plenty of hyperbole and even some straight-up misinformation being spread around.

There's one particular meme making the rounds that I feel like addressing. That is the idea that Angular 2.0 is going to be a completely new framework that shouldn't even b...