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> The Go Core team is likely more vested in the overall success of the language than the rest of Google.

I think you could say that about most teams at most companies. That doesn't mean that they have any autonomy whatsoever from their company, though.

Go can live on if Google collapses, the same cannot be said for most teams at most companies.

But isn't that what the article is stating? That the core team is making the final decisions?