Many many free software projects are started by people who don't get paid for it. Those people start their project in whatever language they want. If someone wa

Many many free software projects are started by people who don't get paid for it. Those people start their project in whatever language they want. If someone wants to write webserver software in Java or an OS in Object Pascal, they can do it. Successful projects may get financial support from companies later. I doubt that these companies are overly selective towards "obviously bad languages". I don't buy that there are any mechanisms in place to get cynic or outraged about. Maybe it _is_ just that some languages are more productive.