I think he's fundamentally wrong in his careful definitions of blocking and non-blocking sans "IO" term.

For all the hyperbole, Ted Dziuba did directly address this here: http://teddziuba.com/2011/10/node-js-is-cancer.html

Follow up thoughts from Miles Sabin, expert group member for JSR-51 (Java Nio):

https://plus.google.com/117117878292459457922/posts/hX2AZup1...