It sounds like the problem he's having isn't with Node, but with the libraries people have built on top of node.
He's arguing that somehow using libraries makes it a "different language" than the one you'd use in the browser.
He's arguing that somehow using libraries makes it a "different language" than the one you'd use in the browser.
If the problem is the broken promise of writing code once than runs perfectly well on the server or in the browser then I guess I could see the frustration. Although, I'm not sure that's an entirely realistic expectation given the different roles you'd expect the server and client to fill.