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Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Douglas J. Burgum,
Tami L. Reller and Douglas R. Herman, and each of them, his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 relating to the option plans and free standing options of Solomon
Software, Inc. assumed by Great Plains Software, Inc. to be filed under the
Securities Act of 1933 for the registration of the sale of shares of Common
Stock of Great Plains Software, Inc., and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone, or the substitutes for such attorneys-in-fact and agents,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Name Date
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/s/ Douglas J. Burgum June 30, 2000
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Douglas J. Burgum
/s/ Tami L. Reller June 30, 2000
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Tami L. Reller
/s/ David K. Edson June 30, 2000
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David K. Edson
/s/ Bradley J. Burgum June 30, 2000
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Bradley J. Burgum
/s/ Frederick W. Burgum June 30, 2000
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Frederick W. Burgum
/s/ William V. Campbell June 30, 2000
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William V. Campbell
/s/ J. A. Heidi Roizen June 30, 2000
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J. A. Heidi Roizen
/s/ Joseph S. Tibbetts, Jr. June 30, 2000
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Joseph S. Tibbetts, Jr.
