Your analysis is too shallow. The only reason he attempts to compare node.js to Java at all is to reach his point: that the decision was probably more about com

Your analysis is too shallow. The only reason he attempts to compare node.js to Java at all is to reach his point: that the decision was probably more about company politics than tech benefits. The team used a different language not because it's better or worse, but because it'd allow them to avoid building on top of the existing framework -- a chance to get rid of technical debt and start a fresh code base, even if just a seed.