In September, Google announced Noop.  And that's right Noop is also, yet another open source programming language.

Now don't get me wrong, developing better languages is a good thing, but when there is already so much fragmentation out there, this new effort could further confuse the issue. 

Then again the purpose of Noop and Go are both about making code development faster and hence even more agile. If both of those efforts could use some of the same syntax and constructs as the languages (C and Java) that they're trying improve upon, they have a potential for success beyond Google.

Whether or not existing development organizations beyond Google will give Go a second look is something I'll be watching. What makes any open source language successful is how the community builds and expands on initial efforts. Just look at how far Ruby on Rails has grown beyond its initial framework.