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Surely the easier and better solution is to just give the driver a one star rating, rather than confusing anyone who has ever heard of coq and missed the re-naming. The costs you are inflicting on the software industry are very large when added up, for no good reason (people have to deal with dumb/ annoying taxi drivers all the time).

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If I were the only one complaining, I'd agree (with this being unnecessary---I don't quite see how the cost here is very large). But many women in the community both in the US and in France echo my experiences and concerns, as do many men. I also view it as part of my job as incoming faculty to discuss things that students may feel too vulnerable to discuss themselves.

Also, many on the core Coq development teams at Inria just feel this is bad branding for them at this point, as it inhibits adoption of the tool internationally.

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