Great Plains Software
Accounting software company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Great Plains Software, Inc. was an accounting software company located in Fargo, North Dakota, whose products focused on small to medium-sized businesses.[2] It was founded in 1981,[3] went public in 1997,[4] and was sold to Microsoft in 2001.[3][5][6] Prior to its acquisition, it had 2,200 employees.[2]
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Company type | Public |
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Nasdaq: GPSI[1] | |
Industry | Information technology |
Founded | 1981; 43 years ago (1981) |
Founder | Joseph Larson |
Defunct | 2001 (2001) |
Fate | Acquired by Microsoft |
Headquarters | |
Area served | United States |
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Number of employees | 2,200 |
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