You did not misinterpret the page, but it seems that you encountered an out of the ordinary situation. Again, I would be happy to look into this if you sent me your details.
gdulli, Can't comment on what has happened up until this point, but if you are interested in having me dig into this to see what can be done email me at robert[dot]demmer[at]jetbrains[dot]com. Doesn't sound like our standard procedure.
Drop me a line with your dates, let me know if there's any particular team you would like to meet and what you would be interesting in seeing. robert(dot)demmer[at]jetbrains(dot)com
We are working on an interview with Andrei Ivanov, JetBrains Chief Operating Officer, that will likely answer this. For the time being, JetBrains was founded in 2000 in Prague by three software developers: Sergey Dmitriev, Valentin Kipiatkov, Eugene Belyaev. The headquarters and international sales office has remaining in Prague while the company continues to grow.
A: No. Android Studio and the Android plugin for IntelliJ IDEA are built from the same code, and all of the changes in Android Studio are, and will continue to be, available in IntelliJ IDEA releases.