You make it sound like it's some kind of popularity contest, where people not choosing the language means it 'loses'. I disagree pretty heavily there - your hammer doesn't lose if you use your saw. The language's user loses if he is such a fanboy of hammers he refuses to use the saw. If Java improves to become the best tool (not saying it has/will), then choosing not use use Java because you 'moved on', is a failure on your part, not the tool.