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Re:Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and... by robinhood on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @02:20PM (#14499655)
You know what I meant. I didn't imply poetry meant nothing. Of course not. But I see SAAS more and more describing their product in ways that are too marketing to me. I prefer to go straight to the point.

Regarding the gender, I don't know what to think about this. It's not by any mean a way to degrade women. I will definitely consider choosing another name because I understand how some people could be offended by that, which is not at all my intention, ever.

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Re:Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and... by joshlemer on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @08:41PM (#14502817)
For what it's worth, I don't see what all the fuss is about the name. In fact, I like it. Do these same people complain about other software named after people, like Cassandra, Linux, MySQL, Haskell etc...
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Re:Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and... by anigbrowl on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @03:55PM (#14500708)
Of course I know what you meant, but I'm trying to give you some free branding advice that would substantially increase the likely uptake for your tool.I am not a marketing oriented person either, but successful businesses often spend about the same money/effort on marketing as they do on product development. That's certainly the magic formula in the film industry - 50% on the production and 50% on the ad campaign.
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Re:Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and... by robinhood on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @08:46PM (#14502847)
I agree and thanks a lot for your comment. I know I should be much better at marketing, it's nearly the most important criteria for a software to succeed.
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Re:Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and... by Kalium on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @02:41PM (#14499889)
You might choose a name like Courtney, that is used by both men and women.
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