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==Conflict with Google==
In November 2009, [[Google]] released a similarly named [[Go (programming language)|Go programming language]] (with no [[exclamation point]]). McCabe asked Google to change the name of their language as he was concerned they were "steam-rolling over us".<ref name="infowk"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=9 |title=Issue 9 - go - I have already used the name for *MY* programming language |date=2009-11-10 |accessdate=2009-11-14}}</ref> The issue received attention among technology news websites, with some of them characterizing Go! as "obscure".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.geek.com/articles/news/google-didnt-google-go-before-naming-their-programming-language-20091113/|title=Google didn’t google "Go" before naming their programming language |last=Brownlee |first=John |date=2009-11-13 |publisher=Geek.com |accessdate=2010-01-18}}</ref> The issue thread opened on the subject was closed by a Google developer on 12 October 2010 with the custom status "Unfortunate" and with the following comment: "there are many computing products and services named Go. In the 11 months since our release, there has been minimal confusion of the two languages."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/golang/go/issues/9#issuecomment-66047478|title=I have already used the name for *MY* programming language · Issue #9 · golang/go|website=GitHub|language=en|access-date=2019-07-04}}</ref>
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