Op-ed
Is Java Losing Its Mojo? asks Wired. JAXenter replies: no

It may have been displaced on the TIOBE index, but we argue that its far too early to write Java off.
“Is Java Losing Its Mojo?” asks Wired in a recent blog post discussing Java’s recent performance on the TIOBE index (seen above). In April, Java was dislodged from the top of the chart for the first time in over six years by the far older C language, and has been stuck in second place since.
Paul Jansen, managing director of Tiobe Software, told Wired that he believed Java has been slipping since its purchase by Oracle in 2009: “C is not number one because it is rising, but it is because Java is falling down.” A closer look at Java’s performance on the TIOBE index since 2002 reveals a decade-long downward trend (with a sudden drop in 2004 as a result of Google changing its algorithm). It’s less dramatic than Jansen suggests, although worrying long-term.
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