Seems to be a general knee-jerk reaction from typical CS-majors and other Java/C++ "bros" around Erlang. A more mature reflection could easily see lots of potential niches for Erlang, with the big caveat from a business perspective of the relative difficulty in finding devs. I had the pleasure to encounter Erlang professionally many many moons agos, in it's originally intended role within telecoms switching, and was nothing but impressed by it.
The argument here might be less about Erlang and more about Maslow's hammer - i.e., if all you've got is a hammer then all you can see are nails.
The argument here might be less about Erlang and more about Maslow's hammer - i.e., if all you've got is a hammer then all you can see are nails.