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Which is nonsense, and is equivalent in this case to "i never bothered to ask so i'm just going to assert some stuff that agrees with my viewpoint". They could

Which is nonsense, and is equivalent in this case to "i never bothered to ask so i'm just going to assert some stuff that agrees with my viewpoint". They could have just asked. In fact I can answer this for you, since I was the relevant director (IE Go directly reported to me) It was driven by the core team, and more particularly, the leads and what they want to be trying to do. I have provided precisely 0% of the vision there. Further, the org/etc they belong to has changed (a very small number of times) over the past 10+ years depending on the Go team goals, not depending on Google's goals. (IE when their goals have changed, or the org goals changed, Google has put them in a place that aligns with their goals, not tried to align them to the goals of the org they belong to)

mcguire 7y ago
So, why is Google paying them? Is Google getting enough value out, or PR, or...?
- takeda 7y ago
  People are stepping around trying not to offend anyone, but it is no secret that Go was created for Google to solve their needs, it supposed to be a simple language that even a fresh graduate out of school could pick it up quickly and work with it. It is also very opinionated for example regarding the formatting or (at least initially before vgo was introduced due to outside pressure) to work well only in a mono repo scenarios. Google makes it free to use, so it will be easier to recruit people that already know it. Many companies do that as well, the difference is that still generally no one uses their languages. This one is different, because well it's Google. The Go itself isn't really that great language, but there's a lot of hype behind it. I wonder when it will die out, but I guess it will be a while.
- user5994461 7y ago
  Google is getting tremendous value from Go, on multiple fronts. For reference, Go was meant as an alternative to Java and C++, to develop distributed systems. Given the direction that Java went, acquisition by Oracle and $10B lawsuit against Google, it is a well worth having an alternative.

mcguire 7y ago

So, why is Google paying them? Is Google getting enough value out, or PR, or...?

takeda 7y ago
People are stepping around trying not to offend anyone, but it is no secret that Go was created for Google to solve their needs, it supposed to be a simple language that even a fresh graduate out of school could pick it up quickly and work with it. It is also very opinionated for example regarding the formatting or (at least initially before vgo was introduced due to outside pressure) to work well only in a mono repo scenarios. Google makes it free to use, so it will be easier to recruit people that already know it. Many companies do that as well, the difference is that still generally no one uses their languages. This one is different, because well it's Google. The Go itself isn't really that great language, but there's a lot of hype behind it. I wonder when it will die out, but I guess it will be a while.
user5994461 7y ago
Google is getting tremendous value from Go, on multiple fronts. For reference, Go was meant as an alternative to Java and C++, to develop distributed systems. Given the direction that Java went, acquisition by Oracle and $10B lawsuit against Google, it is a well worth having an alternative.