Guys you don't get it.
Dropbox is going to improve the internet by finding all of the Documents of Mass Destruction.
Shutting down dropbox
Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
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Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh, right, forgot about that. What the fuck is going at Dropbox? How did they even come to the conclusion that this is a good idea? I don't understand the business rationale anymore for Dropbox anymore.
Well she is a prominent figure in America. Just not for a lot of good reasons. The bet is likely that future government business she could bring is larger then the major exodus of people who supported them early on.
Yeah, that may be their calculation. I don't think this will sit well with german users or french users, for example though. Could really hurt their international b2c business.
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
#33Sooo, 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…
Oh please. Are we really going to do this to every normal person who tries to enter the tech industry? "Excuse me, sir/madam, you were a Republican recently. Please publicly disavow all past actions, thoughts, beliefs, and interests, donate to the HRC three times, throw salt over your shoulder five times, and take out an Obamacare-Approved® Health Insurance Policy(TM) before you even think about helping these pimply-faced 25-year-olds run their companies."
Eich was worse just because of his background and the immense debt that we all owe to him, and that we betrayed him because we're idiots, but you guys really need to get it together.
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Oh, right, forgot about that. What the fuck is going at Dropbox? How did they even come to the conclusion that this is a good idea? I don't understand the business rationale anymore for Dropbox anymore.
She is colored, she is a woman and she is in league with the demographic techies have hard time reaching out to (conservatives).
As politically correct and pro equal opportunity crowd as HN should be able to grok that.
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
#35This is probably tied to the DB for business offering and probably a play to become the official shared files app for USG and expansion into Asia.
Also
Dropbox announce two more executive changes today. The company has a new CFO, Sujay Jaswa, who is being into the role internally. Also, hailing from Google is Dropbox’s new COO: Dennis Woodside. In the post announcing those changes, it reaffirmed the above, indicating that Rice will help the company with its international operations.
Also check out Rice's consulting firm which has been providing consultation to DB for a while now. http://www.ricehadleygates.com/
The "work" page is illuminating.
- either way, this is potentially explosively bad for DB.
edit I'll also refer back to a recent comment of mine about how DP can scan your files
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7498457
Now extend that to China providing lists of hashes of banned files, like Falun Gong texts or whatever.
If you rely on DP a lot, it's like allowing government(s) to sniff around your personal hard drive.
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
#36Well, that's the end of my usage of Dropbox, effective immediately. I'll make sure to mention Condi's association with them in every conversation involving Dropbox, in hope of spreading knowledge about their profane selection of board members. It's a shame that they had to pick a Bush crony. These people should be in prison for malevolently misleading the public in order to start a for-profit war which killed hundred…
I too am considering moving my free account to another free provider
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
#37Sooo, 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…
I feel just like you but rely on Dropbox so much. What serious alternatives are they? (preferably, non-US-based?)
I will be looking into personal open-source clouds, like http://owncloud.org/ hosted at DO Amsterdam location.
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
#38I hear Box has weapons of mass destruction.
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
#39My 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 i…
It sounds just like typical PR filling, which is supposed to explain why they brought her on board. Will people really buy into this non-explanation?
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
#40The problem with Rice is that she is a malevolent liar. She's unfit for any leadership position, public or private.
You sure know a lot about a person you've never met or talked to. You can't seriously believe this about everyone who was involved in the Bush 43 administration.