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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

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Post by notd97843 »

cryoshon wrote: post #29

Well, 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…

You elected a president who selected a vice president who voted for the war (Joe Biden). Why are you speaking up now? Because she's a Republican?

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

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Post by Karunamon »

valarauca1 wrote: post #18
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.

Damn.. I'd forgotten about that.

I'll definitely consider hosting my truecrypt volume elsewhere once my two years of free 50gb is up..

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

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Post by JackpotDen »

antocv wrote: post #46
cryoshon wrote: post #29

Well, 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…

Hey now, it would have been for nothing, all years of war and 600 000 deaths, if these people who were in charge and lead the effort, would suddenly find themselves in low-key positions in society. The top cream must stay at the top. Besides, her technical skills and understanding of IT for sure are awesome, making her the finest choice for Dropbox business.

>Besides, her technical skills and understanding of IT for sure are awesome, making her the finest choice for Dropbox business.

Is this sarcastic? I can't tell.

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

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Post by Karunamon »

sigzero wrote: post #65
tomp wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me, the problem is her involvement with the Bush Iraq fiasco. Lying about weapons of mass destruction.

Then you must hate everyone. Everyone in Congress believed it. Multiple countries around the world believed it too. Good luck with that attitude.

Believing it != directly lying about it. You can't rightly hold it against someone that they were misled.

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

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Post by Shivetya »

peterkelly wrote: post #15

Wow, and I thought the recent Mozilla thing was controversial... Popcorn status: Ready

If it wasn't for message boards most of those commenting would never do a damn thing, hell with comment boards they don't have too.

Its easy to be the cool, caring, and tough guy, around the internet water cooler.

Angst ridden techie hipters!

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

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Post by notd97843 »

JabavuAdams wrote: post #77
cryoshon wrote: post #29

Well, 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…

Good for you for standing by your principles. This definitely puts a taint on Dropbox, for me. We'll see if that leads to action. Sometimes it sucks to be a pragmatist.

Without looking at the facts? Guilty until proven innocent? Good for him for convicting others of war crimes without any due process?

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

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Post by ssharp »

peterkelly wrote: post #15

Wow, and I thought the recent Mozilla thing was controversial... Popcorn status: Ready

I don't know how much of an effect this will actually have. It will be interesting, though. The SV mob was strong enough to affect Mozilla, but a service as huge as Dropbox might be mostly immune from the mob cries. They have lots of equity outside of the HN crowd and Rice is taking a board seat, not an executive position.
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