The HN filter bubble sometimes forgets this, but there are a lot of developers out there who use Windows (even if they don't always deploy to Windows).
Not having to set up a vagrant box just to give Rethink a try may seriously influence developer adoption in this space.
Also while I might personally be able to get by running my DB on a linux VM some friends I'd like to share my apps to run for themselves aren't OK with linux at all.
The docker rethinkdb images made this a breeze but only helps my development.
Not having to set up a vagrant box just to give Rethink a try may seriously influence developer adoption in this space.