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meritt on Aug 29, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Marketing Behind MongoDB

Absolutely. RethinkDB was technically a far superior product but lacked the marketing and fanboyism that MongoDB orchestrated so effectively.

Today, Docker is following MongoDB's playbook.

HN Hiring Trends of MongoDB vs. Docker: http://i.imgur.com/tYKzmaG.png

TheMissingPiece on Aug 29, 2017 [–]

tbh, I don't disagree with you here. RethinkDB invested in our open source community more than marketing.. it's arguably part of why we didn't succeed as a business.

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