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== Adoption == In 2013, UML had been marketed by OMG for many contexts, but aimed primarily at software development with limited success.<ref name="UML, Success Stories" /><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/uml-25-do-you-even-care/240163702?queryText=uml|title = UML 2.5: Do you even care?| work=Dr. Dobb's }} "UML truly is ubiquitous"</ref> It has been treated, at times, as a design [[no silver bullet|silver bullet]], which leads to problems. UML misuse includes overuse (designing every part of the system with it, which is unnecessary) and assuming that novices can design with it.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=984495|title = Death by UML Fever}}</ref> It is considered a large language, with many [[Syntax (programming languages)|constructs]]. Some people (including [[Ivar Jacobson|Jacobson]]) feel that UML's size hinders learning and therefore uptake.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.infoq.com/interviews/Ivar_Jacobson|title = Ivar Jacobson on UML, MDA, and the future of methodologies}}</ref> MS Visual Studio dropped support for UML in 2016 due to lack of usage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krill |first=Paul |date=2016-10-18 |title=UML to be ejected from Microsoft Visual Studio |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/3131600/uml-to-be-ejected-from-microsoft-visual-studio.html |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=InfoWorld |language=en}}</ref> According to Google Trends, UML has been on a steady decline since 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Trends |url=https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=UML&hl=en |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Google Trends |language=en-US |archive-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723193301/https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=UML&hl=en |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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