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EXHIBIT 24.2
The Board of Directors
Diamond Technology Partners Incorporated:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(No. 33-31943 and No. 33-31965) on Form S-8 of Diamond Technology Partners
Incorporated of our reports dated April 18, 2000, relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of Diamond Technology Partners Incorporated and subsidiaries as
of March 31, 1999 and 2000, and the related consolidated statements of net
income and comprehensive income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2000, and the related
schedule, which reports appear in the March 31, 2000 annual report on Form 10-
K of Diamond Technology Partners Incorporated.
KPMG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
June 23, 2000
