> To me it is encouraging that Go has its own conference Gophercon and not riding on Google I/O That's correct - GopherCon is a community effort. It originated

> To me it is encouraging that Go has its own conference Gophercon and not riding on Google I/O That's correct - GopherCon is a community effort. It originated when a community member expressed surprised that there wasn't already a Go conference, and then, upon encouragement from others, decided to organize one themselves. They remain the organizers of the event, and they do not work for Google. Google has been a diamond-level sponsor for the last three "main" GopherCon conferences[0], but no different from any other sponsor of the conference in that regard. And that's by design - the Go project aims to be a community effort, not solely the work of Google employees, although Google does hire a small number of people who work on it full-time. This isn't inherently better or worse than the model that (for example) Oracle uses with Java. It's just a different philosophy - and in the case of Go specifically, one that everyone involved seems to be happy with. The Go project contributors (including those employed by Google) want it to be a community-driven project, and the Go community members are by and large happy carrying the mantle themselves as well. [0] GopherCon happens every year in Denver, but there are tons of other conferences around the world that carry the GopherCon name - for example, GopherCon Singapore is happening a week from today[1] [1] And, similarly, traces its origins to a single tweet from a community member expressing interest in a conference.