It seems like the crux of his argument is speed. 1.8.x isn't fast enough, so they want to move to 1.9, but the community isn't moving to 1.9 fast enough, so the

It seems like the crux of his argument is speed. 1.8.x isn't fast enough, so they want to move to 1.9, but the community isn't moving to 1.9 fast enough, so they're moving to V8, which is fast.