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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 hg54yghf »

cryoshon wrote: post #128
notd97843 wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

I didn't vote for Biden, and I didn't forget his pro-war stance, either. Biden wasn't just appointed as a board member for a relevant tech corporation, though. If he was, I'd be up in arms, too. That said, even so, Biden's role in promoting Iraq was far less than Condi's. Additionally, Biden didn't specifically push for advanced interrogation techniques AKA torture. Condi did.

Uhh, Al Gore supported the war too and he's a partner of Kleiner Perkins and a board member of Apple, a firm that has funded several Silicon Valley companies. Will you stop using those companies too?

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

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Post by SideburnsOfDoom »

valarauca1 wrote: post #12
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.

> 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

This is IMHO the big, relevant one. Her role in the Iraq war may be vile ( to most of us), but this is directly in conflict with the expectations of Dropbox users. What were the Dropbox decision-makers thinking?

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

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Post by nollidge »

cookiecaper wrote: post #139
etfb wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

> Has she been indicted by any international courts? Has she stood trial and been convicted?

No, but that's not really the standard for an individual human making a personal moral judgement.

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

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Post by hg54yghf »

thickness wrote: post #148
IanDrake wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Stop doing that. You're being dishonest right now. This is not about sexism or racism. My co-founder and best friend of 8 years is a woman, and she had the same reaction of disgust by this move as me. This has to do with Rice's history of warmongering and condoning torture, not her sex or ethnicity.

Will you stop using Apple products, a company that has Al Gore as a board member, and someone who supported the Iraq war?

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

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Post by efa »

tomp wrote: post #9
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?

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

Yeah, like those liars the Russians, the Chinese, the British, the French, ... Damn how was Bush able to brainwash the whole UN!

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

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Post by vdaniuk »

spoiledtechie wrote: post #144
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 is one of the smartest women in politics, there is. There is no going around it. She was probably placed on the board to move Dropbox into government storage. Whatever your views might be, This was a smart move by Dropbox, but for her government ties, but also for her intelligence. If you think she is dumb, or stupid, then I call you ignorant.

Literally nobody in this thread called her dumb, so this is a classic red herring. Everyone is concerned about her ethics, not her cognitive capacity.

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

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Post by doktrin »

spoiledtechie wrote: post #144
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 is one of the smartest women in politics, there is. There is no going around it. She was probably placed on the board to move Dropbox into government storage. Whatever your views might be, This was a smart move by Dropbox, but for her government ties, but also for her intelligence. If you think she is dumb, or stupid, then I call you ignorant.

> If you think she is dumb, or stupid, then I call you ignorant.

You're attacking a straw man. I haven't seen anyone claiming anything of the sort.

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

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Post by SideburnsOfDoom »

cookiecaper wrote: post #149
Pxtl wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Hackers need to mature into the real world if they want to run grown-up companies. A talk-radio slogan when Bush was elected was that "the adults are in charge". How'd that work out for you? Really, you can't talk about being "grown-up" out of one side of your mouth while basely insulting your opponents' "maturity" out of the other side just because we disagree politically.

It's not because we simply disagree politically, that's obviously fine with me, but not with anyone else in the tech community apparently. This is now the second instance in as many weeks where the tech mob is actively running out anyone who disagrees with their political views and boycotting entire companies for having the gall to hire useful people who happen to be conservative.

> having the gall to hire useful people who happen to be conservative

BS. To me it's really simple, and not about party affiliation: A strong supporter of warrantless wire tapping and bulk anonymous data collection is a terrible choice for the board of a consumer file-storage service.

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

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Post by nikcub »

notd97843 wrote: post #126
antocv wrote: post #46

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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.

And yet, President Obama selected Joe Biden as his vice president, who also voted for the same war. Hillary Clinton did too, and she's the leading Democratic contender for 2016. Why no outrage? Because they have a D next to their names?

This really shouldn't need to be pointed out: but the difference is that none of these people have been appointed to the board of any tech company.

In 10 years time if Facebook put James Clapper or Eric Holder on their board it'd likely be more controversial.

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