> I also think node should get kudos for at least seeming different enough to prompt the move from enterprise customers. Any move away from burdened "enterprisey" software is worth praising I think. Not because java is bad/lame by default, but instead because it might prompt other companies to lust after something new that might be better (whether it's python, node, go, or haskell is irrelevant)

The infuriating thing is that it's not the technology that makes the difference, it's the clean slate and getting away from stupid policy. I bet the Paypal people could have written a better version in Java than the Node version, if they weren't required to use the existing internal library and follow existing coding standards and deploy using approved infrastructure and...