I'm more outraged by Condi's appointment than Brendan Eich's appointment to Mozilla.
Condi preached death and torture, Eich supported bigotry.
I'm sure however that nobody really give a f and the status quo will be maintained.
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
#82Sooo, 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…
Since this is HN is it possible to limit ourselves to how CR will help Dropbox to market itself in countries where governments are hostile?
Does anyone know how Rice’s firm RiceHadleyGates would help DropBox do that?
I would assume that her elevation from consultant to board member means that she has been tried and tested.
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
#83As it happens I was just looking at DB alternatives that would be more secure. The news that they have hired Condi the war criminal Rice to join their board is the clincher. Bye bye DB.
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
#84Earlier 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.
An outside explanation is that political and corporate powers tend to cross-pollinate and operate with revolving doors.
Think of what doors have opened for Dropbox now that they've got Condi. Any door that Condi could open (which is quite a few) could now be opened by them.
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#86My family will be migrated from Dropbox by next week.
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#87I don't understand - is that because Dropbox wants to make it more clear to the world that there is a free flow of information from Dropbox to the US government?
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
All continued by the current administration and more. What was your point again?
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No. My co-founder is a woman and she had the same reaction of revulsion as I did from hearing this news. I'm not cool with killing thousands over a lie, denying gays the right to marriage, etc. This is the last day I use Dropbox.
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
#89The problem with Rice is that she is a malevolent liar. She's unfit for any leadership position, public or private.
You have just described most of the politicians that I know.
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
#90Well, 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…
Not everyone on the board of a tech company needs to be a techie, though some definitely should be. There's no doubting her ability and toughness. If she takes the job seriously I'm sure that she will do very well.
From an outside reading of what seemed to happen in that White House, I'd say "there's no doubting her ability to stay on everyone's good side by watching which way the wind blows and not standing on any principle whatsoever".
Which is probably good business -- but I'd hesitate to call it toughness.