I think the "everyone" in that statement refers to those who are upset. It probably could have been more accurately phrased as "People are upset that Go is Google's language..."

As to your not encountering a Go programmer who's mad about this, I think that's because you're considering people who are already programming in Go. I suspect people who care never actually start using Go because of their thoughts on Google's involvement. (For the record, I too am fine with it, especially after reading Ian Lance Taylor's response.)

> I think that's because you're considering people who are already programming in Go

um I talk to a lot of programmers that don't use Go. Most that don't use it decide not to use it because of either the type system ("it's not safe/expressive enough") or the garbage collector. I've never talked to someone that said "Go is technically good and I think it would be a good tool but I won't use it because of Google".

That's fair. I only made that assumption because you specifically said "I have never encountered a Go programmer in real life that is actually mad about this"

ah yeah makes sense. Honestly "I have never encountered someone that doesn't use Go because of this, or a Go programmer that's mad about it" is probably a more complete sentiment.