Ask HN: Does a Hacker-friendly CRM exist?

As far as I can tell everyone (esp. hackers) hate CRM systems. Can you find one we won't hate? Here's what we're looking for: 1. A strong API and flexible data model that will let us: - Create and update records with events and data from our production system. - Pull records, events, and aggregate statistics stored in the CRM. - Export all data and get out if we hate it. 2. A web-based interface that makes it a pleasure to interact with the stored records, events, and aggregate statistics. 3. Seamless integration with Gmail - We use Gmail as our primary sales and support channel. Without taking any explicit action, the CRM should consume those messages so that emails become associated with the appropriate customer & contact records. - We should also be able to forward email to the system (e.g. from personal email accounts) and get those emails associated as well. 4. Many-to-many associations between people and customers, i.e.: - I will correspond with multiple people at a given company using our product; I should be able to see those interactions in one place. - Some people may be associated with multiple customers, perhaps because they have changed jobs or because they are consultants serving multiple clients. 5. Customizable deal stages - Again, set a customer's stage via API. - Aggregate view of sales pipeline. 6. MOST IMPORTANT: MINIMIZE FRUSTRATION - Won't make an engineering-heavy team punch the walls and demand to build their own. - Won't require duplicate entry between CRM and other systems. - Won't require lots of time servicing the damn thing. Thanks!