>I agree with the author's main point that the golang toolchain has a bad case of NIH syndrome,

the blog seems to be from a Sun old-timer who pretty typically suffers from ... err ... enjoys this superiority style complex of "we have already invented everything, why stupid word chooses to go its stupid way instead of that great way we think it should go". This complex (and, as a major result of it, refusal to accept reality) is one of the major things while Sun went down. (hi! to Sun guys. Have you seen the abomination what FB did to our nice offices in MPK!? :)