Yes, I wasn't fully clear: It's the authors who wield the most power. Google as a whole doesn't really care so long as it works for the things they do (and it a

Yes, I wasn't fully clear: It's the authors who wield the most power. Google as a whole doesn't really care so long as it works for the things they do (and it already does, so they really don't care anymore). This isn't a case of an evil empire seeking to enslave our minds via a programming language; it's a company open sourcing their internally designed language, and engaging the community to make it more useful outside of Google (and to increase the number of people who use the language, which is always good because it means a greater pool of developers who could possibly work for them).