[rakoo]

The important distinction here is that go creators never set "system programming" as a goal, contrary to what OP implied in the blog post.

Now, whether go turns out to be good at that task is another story

[andralex]

Go has been announced as a systems programming language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKnDgT73v8s. After some backlash the slogan has been changed quietly.