It's pretty obvious. Your criticisms would have been exactly as justified with regard to linux. That doesn't mean node.js is guaranteed to be as wildly successf

It's pretty obvious. Your criticisms would have been exactly as justified with regard to linux. That doesn't mean node.js is guaranteed to be as wildly successful as linux, but it does mean that merely dismissing it because so much of the work on it is "just porting things" is misplaced.