There are other factors at play here. Node has access to a bigger audience, but it's an audience that already has mature toys like Python/Perl/etc. Node not o

There are other factors at play here. Node has access to a bigger audience, but it's an audience that already has mature toys like Python/Perl/etc. Node not only has to create a great ecosystem, it has to create a better one than what already exists (which is the central premise of the article). Simply saying "Welp, there's more people on the internet now" is ignoring the excellent competition for hackers that Node (or any other new tech with grandiose ambitions) has.