While it sucks that Java does not support value types like other GC enabled languages, apparently Go owner's are fine with that decision, to the point of fighting to keep using it on their products instead of replacing it with Go.

That's like saying you're fine with every decision taken by a government you voted for.

Go owners have millions and millions of lines of existing Java code and they employ many people whose entire careers were made on top of Java.

I'm not saying there are no rational reasons to prefer Java over Go. But Google is hardly the yardstick for that.

With >3 years release cycle by mid 2017 we are hoping to get Java 9 so to me Java 10 seams 2020 at the earliest.