Can Google be used

Can Google be used to measure the popularity of something? Maybe. That is the approach of the famous TIOBE Programming Community Index. ( See http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm).

As the maintainer of an open source project, it is something I look at. I am happy to that ehcache now returns more results than any other Java cache with 348,000 results.

So, is is the most popular? Who knows. But downloads and google suggest it is.

By Greg Luck

As Terracotta’s CTO, Greg (@gregrluck) is entrusted with understanding market and technology forces and the business drivers that impact Terracotta’s product innovation and customer success. He helps shape company and technology strategy and designs many of the features in Terracotta’s products. Greg came to Terracotta on the acquisition of the popular caching project Ehcache which he founded in 2003. Prior to joining Terracotta, Greg served as Chief Architect at Australian online travel giant Wotif.com. He also served as a lead consultant for ThoughtWorks on accounts in the United States and Australia, was CIO at Virgin Blue, Tempo Services, Stamford Hotels and Resorts and Australian Resorts and spent seven years as a Chartered Accountant in KPMG’s small business and insolvency divisions. He is a regular speaker at conferences and contributor of articles to the technical press.