I'm sorry, I think I just downvoted you while scrolling (tablet) and there's no way to reverse it. If anything, I'd like to upvote since you make a good point. Java succeeded not because of technical superiority but because of Sun spending millions on pushing the language (and because it was the only way to write browser applets!)

However, while Google doesn't seem to be pushing nearly as hard for Go's adoption externally, lots of the industry has run with Go on their own, on Go's merits. So, that's different than Java, but also a good place to be.