I agree. Martin's approach is amenable to bureaucracies that want to increase (the perception of) organizational control over software projects. It is opposed t

I agree. Martin's approach is amenable to bureaucracies that want to increase (the perception of) organizational control over software projects. It is opposed to the Fred Brooks approach. It favors a lower standard of individual skill and relies on bureaucratic control of the process instead as the guarantor of good outcomes. We shouldn't be surprised that it's popular, or that it's highly associated with Java (and certain other languages today).