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Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by uptown » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 1:13 PM UTC

camus2 wrote: post #2

and Al Gore is on the board of many businesses... what's the big deal with it? because she's republican? EDIT: why am i downvoted? because i'm pointing out ex politics on both sides seat on boards or because i talked about being republican,which is not popular here?

Presumably, one reason a company appoints people to their board is for their judgement. Many believe Rice demonstrated exceptionally-poor judgement during her public office.

Example: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/01/news/la-pn-rice-katr...

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by valarauca1 » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 1:14 PM UTC

camus2 wrote: post #2

and Al Gore is on the board of many businesses... what's the big deal with it? because she's republican? EDIT: why am i downvoted? because i'm pointing out ex politics on both sides seat on boards or because i talked about being republican,which is not popular here?

Supporters of warrentless wire tapping, and bulk anonymous data collection are in-charge of a company that wants me to trust them with my data. That destroys a lot of trust.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by vdaniuk » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 1:16 PM UTC

Sooo, will we be seeing a repeat of the Eich-like public outcry?

Though I may understand the business rationale for this hire, I certainly wont trust founders, board or anyone else at Dropbox who is OK working with a person that is partially responsible for deaths of thousands(arguably hundreds of thousands) people in the Iraq war based on false premises about "WMD".

Oh, and we shouldn't forget about her role in "enhanced interrogation techniques", too.

EDIT: Thinking a little more about this I will be cancelling my Dropbox subscription.

EDIT2: Yes, we are seeing an outcry. I am incredibly happy that coolness factor in tech is now more connected to ethical behavior of its top management and board members.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by gnu8 » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 1:17 PM UTC

The problem with Rice is that she is a malevolent liar. She's unfit for any leadership position, public or private.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by peterkelly » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 1:17 PM UTC

Wow, and I thought the recent Mozilla thing was controversial...

Popcorn status: Ready

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by acjohnson55 » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 1:19 PM UTC

I hope she hasn't ever donated to any disagreeable referendum campaigns.....

....or ever been a core member of an administration that left us with two disastrous wars, an offshore gulag, the greatest economic disaster in 70 years, a record of legitimizing torture, a decline in prestige on the world stage. Oh, and a strong record or rejecting marriage equality.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by cantbecool » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 1:20 PM UTC

gnu8 wrote: post #14

The problem with Rice is that she is a malevolent liar. She's unfit for any leadership position, public or private.

Instead of simply saying a hit and run statement, offer some additional details.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by valarauca1 » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 1:20 PM UTC

vdaniuk wrote: post #13

Sooo, will we be seeing a repeat of the Eich-like public outcry? Though I may understand the business rationale for this hire, I certainly wont trust founders, board or anyone else at Dropbox who is OK working with a person that is partially responsible for deaths of thousands(arguably hundreds of thousands) people in the Iraq war based on false premises about "WMD". Oh, and we shouldn't forget about her role in "enh…

Your forgetting she's not only on the record supporting anonymous bulk data collection, AND warrentless wiretapping. She was a key figure of the administration that created such legislation to start with.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by mathattack » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 1:21 PM UTC

My first instinct on seeing the title was "What does someone like this (or Al Gore, or any other politician) have to offer a tech startup?"

Then the article makes it more clear: "What’s interesting about bringing Rice onto Dropbox’s board is how normal it feels. Dropbox needs people with international experience to help it at once deal with foreign governments that have blocked its use — China, for example — and as it works to spread a product developed in one country to others that are culturally different."

Her connections at Stanford may help, though perhaps they're not as hard to find.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by Pxtl » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 1:22 PM UTC

camus2 wrote: post #2

and Al Gore is on the board of many businesses... what's the big deal with it? because she's republican? EDIT: why am i downvoted? because i'm pointing out ex politics on both sides seat on boards or because i talked about being republican,which is not popular here?

No, because she was a republican who was a key player in one of the worst administrations in the recent history of the US government.

I don't have any problem with people who believe in small government, defense, the rule of law, and sound fiscal policy. Lying to the American public to justify a boondoggle of a war in Iraq is different.

Al Gore, whatever his failings, doesn't have that kind of massive black mark on his resume.