Perhaps, he could be honest and say, yeah, it's true. We don't think it's a problem because ... but it's something you'll have to live with if you are to use Go

Perhaps, he could be honest and say, yeah, it's true. We don't think it's a problem because ... but it's something you'll have to live with if you are to use Go. There's precedence, for instance, C# is Microsoft's turf. Seems to me to be a basic human thing - if people are worried, downplaying their worries backfires.