Another big benefit of Go over Java is licensing costs. While it may not matter to company that is just a website, it does matter if you are shipping hardware w

Another big benefit of Go over Java is licensing costs. While it may not matter to company that is just a website, it does matter if you are shipping hardware with services running on it. Java you have to pay per device shipped. Golang from top to bottom is BSD licensed, no costs to ship apps with it.