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Unless a company is actively hurting people, I'm going to choose what I use based on the quality of the product, not on a board member's past. Maybe they determ
by bicx 13y ago
Unless a company is actively hurting people, I'm going to choose what I use based on the quality of the product, not on a board member's past. Maybe they determined that a hardened political voice would balance them out in the boardroom. Maybe they need someone there to play the devil's advocate in an industry that can be extraordinarily narcissistic.
- tomp 13y agoIraq war has not yet ended.
- bicx 13y agoThat is currently in the hands of the Obama Administration, not Dropbox.
- woofyman 13y agoObama pulled all combat troops out of Iraq after they were told to leave.
- talmand 13y agoAccording to an agreed timetable signed by Bush and Iraqi leadership.
- aioprisan 13y agoAccording to the request of the democratically elected Iraqi leadership and the inability of the Obama and Iraqi leaderships to negotiate something mutually beneficial.
- bsaul 13y agoAnd iraq is such a more secure place thanks to that move, i guess ?
- ahassan 13y agoI think the point the author is trying to make is that you don't know what she will do to the quality of the product, but your best guess would be basing her future decisions on her past. That said, I don't agree with the author. She may have made bad decisions in politics, but I don't see the relevance to a tech company.
- Ygg2 13y agoReally? I see her as someone that can strengthen the ties of NSA and Dropbox.
- ekianjo 13y ago> Unless a company is actively hurting people, I'm going to choose what I use based on the quality of the product, not on a board member's past Seems like it did not work so well with Mozilla recently. And that guy there did not kill anyone either, even indirectly.
- nightski 13y agoUh we have all killed indirectly. Do you pay taxes?
- ekianjo 13y agoI'm not American, and the country where I pay taxes does not wage wars in foreign countries as far as I know.
- samolang 13y agoHave you ever bought a product/service from an American company?
- ekianjo 13y agoI have, but it's significantly less than the amount of taxes I pay, and it's even less than the US government is getting in the end.
- samolang 13y agoIt may be a smaller amount, but it is voluntary. Paying taxes is not voluntary.
- ekianjo 13y agoIt's as voluntary as taking a shower everyday. I don't consciously think about where the product comes from when I buy stuff, especially when it comes to commodities. If you start doing that you can't buy stuff anymore and you have to grow your own stuff yourself and stop trusting everyone else on the planet :)
- micahasmith 13y agosorry bicx but your response is a bit too logical for what we're looking for (a new target for the tech community hate mob)
- Cyph0n 13y agoAnd the only person they could find is one of the politicians behind the Iraq War? Heh.