I'd say it's more like the Microsoft of natural languages:
Ubiquitous
Bloated
Monolithic
Inherently prejudiced / biased
Forced on the majority of people
Partially archaic / obsolete
Oftentimes deliberately obscure
LCI. It's a good language, The only problem it has is that it's a bit slow. But CPU time nowadays has almost no value anyway; today it's all about programmer productivity.