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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 #116
notd97843 wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condolezza_Rice#Iraq http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condolezza_Rice#Role_in_authori... The facts have been on the record for years now. She's guilty, but there will never be a formal trial specifically because power will never turn on one of their own if there's nothing to gain.

Hate to break this to you, but Wikipedia is not due process.

http://archive.is/vAWQa

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

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Post by IanDrake »

notd97843 wrote: post #101
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?

Agreed. It's hard to understand HN sometimes. Posts about women and minorities in tech get overwhelmingly positive comments..."we have to do anything and everything possible to get more of minority X involved in tech"...then a popular company hires a double minority and everyone loses their mind.

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

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Post by bovermyer »

Well goddammit. And here I was, about to completely switch from OneDrive+Google Drive to Dropbox.

Now I have to pull everything out of Dropbox and put it... somewhere. Google Drive, maybe. Sigh.

I hate leaving negative comments like this, but I really can see no positive light to this development.

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

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Post by JabavuAdams »

[deleted] wrote: post #92
JabavuAdams wrote: post #85

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Bullshit. A lot of the world despises that administration, and it wouldn't matter whether it was Rice, Rumsfeld, or Cheney.

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We're not talking about Obama. I would be equally offended if he or one of his defence / intelligence cronies were appointed to Dropbox's board.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

001sky wrote: post #114
valarauca1 wrote: post #93

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I have no issue with her sex, or her race. I have an issue with people who were part of the adminstration that created PRISM, the Patriot Act, the 'Secret Court system', and somebody who is on record supporting this. Having a say in how my data is managed.

I don't disagree on these points. But the reality is you are talking every person who has worked for either administration in the post 9/11 era is on this gig. We still have guantanomo bay...etc. None of these people in washington are changing anything. The snowden leaks are from 2008-2009 era. That stuf is 6+yrs old. People thought that was tin foil. For 6 years...

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

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Post by woofyman »

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…

She was also famously shopping for shoes and watching Spamalot in manhattan while Katrina was devistating the gulf coast.

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

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Post by pearle »

muriithi wrote: post #89
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.

You have just described most of the politicians that I know.

Which is why I don't understand why these companies appoint political figures unless they're trying to win accounts with the government.

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

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Post by cookiecaper »

etfb wrote: post #54
cookiecaper wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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-…

She's a war criminal. That's enough reason to put up with the inconvenience of switching to a different cloud storage solution, I think.

She is? Has she been indicted by any international courts? Has she stood trial and been convicted? Or do you just have a hunch?

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

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Post by hrvbr »

jamespo wrote: post #36
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…

I too am considering moving my free account to another free provider

hubiC works as well as Dropbox, for what I can tell from a few weeks of usage.
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