I'm a longtime Go watcher, and sometime Go contributor and I agree with this, 100%. Go has benefitted from having a BDFL employed by Google. But outsiders will always be outsiders.
While I think Russ is brilliant and deeply qualified for that role, his BDFL position differs considerably from that of e.g. Guido (well pre resignation) or Linus in that he is considerably more 'D' than either of them.
And probably that works well for go and keeps a very clear philosophy and style for the language. It is just the fact they very blatantly misled the community on the scope of possible contributions that frustrates me.
Fuschia does, in all fairness, appear to be considerably more honest on these issues.
