Rick LaPlante Rides into the Sunset

Darryl Taft writes for eWeek about Rick LaPlante’s pending departure from Microsoft, and his replacement at the Team System helm, Andrew Kass. As much credit as Rick deserves for building Team System, he deserves considerable credit for staffing the team to implement it and increasing the IQ of the company.

Rick LaPlante, the man who championed Microsoft's push into the enterprise tools business, is hanging up his guns and heading for the ranch.

From: Microsoft's Team Tools Leader Leaving the Fold

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