True, there were problems with it, it wasn't perfect by any means. I guess the main complaint at the time was that it appeared to be "not invented here" syndro

True, there were problems with it, it wasn't perfect by any means. I guess the main complaint at the time was that it appeared to be "not invented here" syndrome. The community was converging on dep, and then the Go team decided to do something different, for reasons that weren't completely clear. It kinda rammed home the reality that Go is not a community project, it's a Google product controlled by a small team. That definitely has benefits and good points, but it doesn't match everyone's expectations.