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                                                                    Exhibit 10.6


                             STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT


     THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE
BEEN ACQUIRED SOLELY FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION, AN EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH SALE, OFFER, PLEDGE OR
HYPOTHECATION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY
REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND OF ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

                                                     Void after January 28, 2004


NO. 2000-1                  LAWSON ASSOCIATES, INC.

     THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received Hewlett Packard Company (the
"Holder") is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from
Lawson Associates, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), 750,000 shares
(as adjusted pursuant to Section 5 hereof) of the Company's fully paid and
nonassessable Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), at
the exercise price of twenty dollars ($20.00) per share (the "Exercise Price"),
subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5 hereof. This Warrant is issued in
connection with the transactions described in Section 1.2 of the Warrant
Purchase Agreement between the Company and Holder described therein, dated as of
January 28, 2000 (the "Warrant Purchase Agreement"). The holder of this Warrant
is subject to certain restrictions set forth in the Warrant Purchase Agreement
and shall be entitled to certain rights and privileges set forth therein.

          1.   Exercise Period. This Warrant shall be exercisable, in whole or
               in part, commencing on the date hereof, and shall expire and no
               longer be exercisable at 5:00 p.m., Minnesota local time, on
               January 28, 2004.

          2.   Method of Exercise; Payment.

               (a) Cash Exercise. The purchase rights represented by this
          Warrant may be exercised by the Holder, in whole or in part, by the
          surrender of this Warrant (with the notice of exercise form attached
          hereto as Attachment A duly executed) at the principal office of the
          Company, and by the payment to the Company, by certified, cashier's or
          other check, of an amount equal to the aggregate Exercise Price for
          the number of shares of Common Stock being purchased.

               (b) Net Issue Exercise. In lieu of exercising this Warrant
          pursuant to Section 2(a) above, the Holder may elect to receive,
          without the payment by the Holder of any additional consideration,
          shares of Common Stock equal to the value of this



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          Warrant (or the portion thereof being canceled) by surrender of this
          Warrant at the principal office of the Company together with notice of
          such election, in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder a
          number of shares of Common Stock of the Company computed using the
          following formula:

         X = Y(A-B)
            -------
               A
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<S>               <C>      <C>
Where X           =        the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder pursuant to the net issue
                           exercise.

Y                 =        the number of shares in respect of which the net issue exercise is made.

A                 =        the fair market value of one share of Common Stock at the time the net issue exercise is made.

B                 =        the Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of the net issue exercise).
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               (c) Fair Market Value. For purposes of Section 2(b), the fair
          market value of one share of Common Stock as of a particular date
          shall be determined as follows: (i) if traded on a securities exchange
          or through the Nasdaq National Market, the value shall be deemed to be
          the average of the closing prices, as quoted in the Central Edition of
          the Wall Street Journal, of the securities on such exchange over the
          ten (10) trading day period ending three (3) trading days prior to the
          net issue exercise election; (ii) if traded over-the-counter, the
          value shall be deemed to be the average of the closing bid or sale
          prices (whichever is applicable), as quoted in the Central Edition of
          the Wall Street Journal, over the ten (10) trading day period ending
          three (3) trading days prior to the net exercise; and (iii) if there
          is no active public market, the value shall be the fair market value
          thereof, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
          Company.

               (d) Stock Certificates. This Warrant shall be deemed to have been
          exercised immediately prior to the close of business on the date of
          surrender for exercise as provided above, and the person entitled to
          receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise shall be
          treated for all purposes as the holder of record of such shares as of
          the close of business on such date. In the event of any exercise of
          purchase rights represented by this Warrant, certificates for the
          number of shares of Common Stock so purchased shall be delivered to
          the Holder as soon as practicable thereafter, and in any event within
          thirty (30) days of the delivery of the exercise notice, and, unless
          this Warrant has been fully exercised or has expired, a new Warrant
          representing the shares with respect to which this Warrant shall not
          have been exercised shall also be issued to the Holder within such
          time.

          3.   Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. Upon receipt
               by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the
               loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and in
               case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably
               satisfactory to it, and upon reimbursement to the Company of all
               reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and
               cancellation of this Warrant,



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               if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant of
               like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of this
               Warrant.

          4.   Stock Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares. All of the Common Stock
               issuable upon the exercise of the rights represented by this
               Warrant will, upon issuance and receipt of the Exercise Price
               therefor, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
               nonassessable, and free from all taxes, liens and charges with
               respect to the issue thereof. During the period within which the
               rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company
               shall at all times have authorized and reserved for issuance a
               sufficient number of shares of its Common Stock to provide for
               the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant.

          5.   Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares.

               (a) In the event that the Company shall at any time prior to the
          expiration of this Warrant subdivide the outstanding shares of Common
          Stock or shall issue a stock dividend on its outstanding shares of
          Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, then the number of
          shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
          immediately prior to such subdivision or to the issuance of such stock
          dividend shall be proportionately increased, and the Exercise Price
          shall be proportionately decreased, and in the event that the Company
          shall at any time combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock then
          the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
          Warrant immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately
          decreased, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately increased,
          effective at the close of business on the date of such subdivision,
          stock dividend or combination, as the case may be.

               (b) In the case of any reclassification, recapitalization or
          change in the Common Stock (other than any action for which adjustment
          is made pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof), the Company shall execute a
          new warrant providing that the Holder of this Warrant shall have the
          right to exercise such new warrant and to procure upon such exercise
          and payment of the same aggregate Exercise Price, in lieu of the
          shares of Common Stock theretofore exercisable upon exercise of this
          Warrant, the kind and amount of shares, other securities, money or
          property receivable upon such reclassification, recapitalization or
          change of the Common Stock. In any such case appropriate provisions
          shall be made with respect to the rights and interest of the Holder so
          that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable with respect
          to any shares of stock or other securities and property deliverable
          upon exercise hereof, and appropriate adjustments shall be made to the
          purchase price per share payable hereunder, provided the aggregate
          purchase price shall remain the same.

               (c) No adjustment on account of cash dividends shall be made to
          the Exercise Price under this Warrant.

                    (i) If at any time prior to the expiration of this Warrant
               the Company shall issue any Common Stock or securities
               exercisable for or convertible into Common Stock without
               consideration or for a consideration per share less than



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               the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the issuance of
               such Common Stock (excluding stock dividends, subdivisions,
               split-ups, combinations, dividends or recapitalizations which are
               covered by Sections 5(a) and (b)), the Exercise Price in effect
               after each such issuance shall thereafter (except as provided in
               this Section 5(d)) be adjusted to a price equal to the quotient
               obtained by dividing:

                         (A) an amount equal to the sum of

                                (1) the total number of shares of Common Stock
                        outstanding (including any shares of Common Stock
                        issuable upon exercise of this Warrant or deemed to have
                        been issued pursuant to subdivision (ii) (C) of this
                        clause (d) below) immediately prior to such issuance
                        multiplied by the Exercise Price in effect immediately
                        prior to such issuance, plus

                                (2) the consideration received by the Company
                        upon such issuance, by

                         (B) the total number of shares of Common Stock
                    outstanding (including any shares of Common Stock issuable
                    upon exercise of this Warrant or deemed to have been issued
                    pursuant to subdivision (ii) (C) of this clause (d) below)
                    immediately prior to such issuance plus the additional
                    shares of Common Stock or securities exercisable for or
                    convertible into Common Stock issued in such issuance (but
                    not including any additional shares of Common Stock deemed
                    to be issued as a result of any adjustment in the Exercise
                    Price resulting from such issuance).

                    (ii) For purposes of any adjustment of the Exercise Price
               pursuant to this clause (d), the following provisions shall be
               applicable:

                         (C) In the case of the issuance of Common Stock for
                    cash, the consideration shall be deemed to be the amount of
                    cash paid therefor after deducting any discounts,
                    commissions or fees paid or incurred by the Company in
                    connection with the issuance and sale thereof.

                         (D) In the case of the issuance of Common Stock for a
                    consideration in whole or in part other than cash, the
                    consideration other than cash shall be deemed to be the fair
                    market value thereof as determined by the Board of Directors
                    of the Company, irrespective of any accounting treatment;
                    provided, however, that if, at the time of such
                    determination, the Company's Common Stock is traded in the
                    over-the-counter market or on a national or regional
                    securities exchange, such fair market value as determined by
                    the Board of Directors of the Company shall not exceed the
                    aggregate fair market value of the shares of Common Stock
                    being issued as determined in accordance with the procedures
                    set forth in Section 2(c) hereof.



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                         (E) In the case of the issuance of (1) options to
                    purchase or rights to subscribe for Common Stock, (2)
                    securities by their terms convertible into or exchangeable
                    for Common Stock, or (3) options to purchase or rights to
                    subscribe for such convertible or exchangeable securities:

                              (a) the aggregate maximum number of shares of
                        Common Stock deliverable upon exercise of such options
                        to purchase or rights to subscribe for Common Stock
                        shall be deemed to have been issued at the time such
                        options or rights were issued and for a consideration
                        equal to the consideration (determined in the manner
                        provided in subdivisions (A) and (B) above), if any,
                        received by the Company upon the issuance of such
                        options or rights plus the minimum purchase price
                        provided in such options or rights for the Common Stock
                        covered thereby;

                              (b) the aggregate maximum number of shares of
                        Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of or in
                        exchange for any such convertible or exchangeable
                        securities or upon the exercise of options to purchase
                        or rights to subscribe for such convertible or
                        exchangeable securities and subsequent conversion or
                        exchange thereof, shall be deemed to have been issued at
                        the time such securities were issued or such options or
                        rights were issued and for consideration equal to the
                        consideration received by the Company for any such
                        securities and related options or rights (excluding any
                        cash received on account of accrued interest or accrued
                        dividends), plus the minimum additional consideration,
                        if any, to be received by the Company upon the
                        conversion or exchange of such securities or the
                        exercise of any related options or rights (the
                        consideration in each case to be determined in the
                        manner provided in subdivisions (A) and (B) above);

                              (c) on any change in the number of shares of
                        Common Stock deliverable upon exercise of any such
                        options or rights or conversion of or exchange for such
                        convertible or exchangeable securities, or on any change
                        in the minimum purchase price of such options, rights or
                        securities, other than a change resulting from the
                        antidilution provisions of such options, rights or
                        securities, the Exercise Price shall forthwith be
                        readjusted to such Exercise Price as would have obtained
                        had the adjustment made upon the issuance of such
                        options, right or securities not exercised, converted or
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                        as the case may be, been made upon the basis of such
                        change; and

                              (d) on the expiration of any such options or
                        rights, the termination of any such rights to convert or
                        exchange or the expiration of any options or rights
                        related to such convertible or exchangeable securities,
                        the Exercise Price shall forthwith be readjusted to such
                        Exercise Price as would have obtained had the adjustment
                        made upon the issuance of such options, rights,
                        convertible or exchangeable securities or options or
                        rights related to such convertible or exchangeable
                        securities, as the case may be, been made upon the basis
                        of the issuance of only the number of shares of Common
                        Stock actually issued upon the exercise of such options
                        or rights, upon the conversion or exchange of such
                        convertible or exchangeable securities or upon the
                        exercise of the options or rights related to such
                        convertible or exchangeable securities, as the case may
                        be.

                    (iii) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the
               Company shall not be required to make any adjustments to the
               Exercise Price upon the occurrence of any of the following
               events:

                         (A) the issuance of Common Stock upon conversion of
                    warrants, options or other instruments or securities
                    directly or indirectly convertible or exchangeable for
                    Common Stock outstanding on the date of this Warrant;

                         (B) the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon
                    exercise of options granted or to be granted by the Company
                    to employees, officers, consultants and directors of the
                    Company;

                         (C) the issuance of shares of Common Stock in
                    accordance with the terms and conditions of the Company's
                    employee stock ownership plan; or

                         (D) the issuance of securities exercisable for or
                    convertible into Common Stock in the transaction disclosed
                    on Exhibit B to the Warrant Purchase Agreement.

               (e) If at any time while this Warrant, or any portion hereof, is
          outstanding and unexpired there shall be (i) a reorganization (other
          than a combination, reclassification, exchange or subdivision of
          shares otherwise provided for herein), (ii) a merger or consolidation
          of the Company with or into another corporation in which the Company
          is not the surviving entity, or a reverse triangular merger in which
          the Company is the surviving entity but the shares of the Company's
          capital stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger are
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          the form of securities, cash, or otherwise, or (iii) a sale or
          transfer of the Company's properties and assets as, or substantially
          as, an entirety to any other person, then, as a part of such
          reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer, lawful
          provision shall be made so that the holder of this Warrant shall
          thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant,
          during the period specified herein and upon payment of the Exercise
          Price then in effect, the number of shares of stock or other
          securities or property of the successor corporation resulting from
          such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer that a
          holder of the shares deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant would
          have been entitled to receive in such reorganization, consolidation,
          merger, sale or transfer if this Warrant had been exercised
          immediately before such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or
          transfer, all subject to further adjustment as provided in this
          Section 5. The foregoing provisions of this Section 5(e) shall
          similarly apply to successive reorganizations, consolidations,
          mergers, sales and transfers and to the stock or securities of any
          other corporation that are at the time receivable upon the exercise of
          this Warrant.

           6.  Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the number of shares of Common
               Stock purchasable hereunder or the Exercise Price thereof shall
               be adjusted pursuant to Section 5 hereof, the Company shall
               provide notice to the Holder setting forth, in reasonable detail,
               the event requiring the adjustment, the amount of the adjustment,
               the method by which such adjustment was calculated, and the
               number of shares of Common Stock which may be purchased and the
               Exercise Price therefor after giving effect to such adjustment.

           7.  Fractional Shares. This Warrant may not be exercised for
               fractional shares. In lieu of such fractional shares the Company
               shall make a cash payment therefor on the basis of the Exercise
               Price then in effect.

           8.  Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for shares
               of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made
               without charge to the holder hereof for any issue or transfer tax
               or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such
               certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the
               Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the
               holder of this Warrant.

           9.  Representations of the Company. The Company represents that all
               corporate actions on the part of the Company, its officers,
               directors and shareholders necessary for the sale and issuance of
               shares of Common Stock and the performance of the Company's
               obligations hereunder were taken prior to and are effective as of
               the effective date of this Warrant.

          10.  Restrictive Legend. The Common Stock issuable on exercise of this
               Warrant shall (unless registered under the Act) be stamped or
               imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

               "THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
               ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"). THEY MAY



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               NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE
               ABSENCE OF A REGISTRATION STATEMENT IN EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO THE
               SECURITIES UNDER SUCH ACT, AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
               REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY
               SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
               REQUIRED OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OF SUCH ACT. THESE
               SECURITIES MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS
               OF THE WARRANT DATED JANUARY 28, 2000 PURSUANT TO WHICH THE
               SECURITIES WERE ISSUED AND A WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED
               JANUARY 28, 2000, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY
               OF THE COMPANY."

          11.  Restrictions Upon Transfer and Removal of Legend. The Company
               need not register a transfer of this Warrant or shares of Common
               Stock issued on exercise of this Warrant bearing the restrictive
               legend set forth in Section 9 hereof, unless the conditions
               specified in such legend are satisfied. The Company may also
               instruct its transfer agent not to register the transfer of the
               Shares unless one of the conditions specified in the legend
               referred to in Section 9 hereof is satisfied.

          12.  No Rights as Stockholders. This Warrant does not entitle the
               Holder to any additional voting rights or other rights as a
               stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise of the Warrants.

          13.  Notices. All notices and other communications required or
               permitted hereunder shall be in writing, shall be effective when
               given, and shall in any event be deemed to be given upon receipt
               or, if earlier, (a) five (5) days after deposit with the U.S.
               Postal Service or other applicable postal service, (b) upon
               delivery, if delivered by hand, (c) two (2) business days after
               the business day of deposit with Federal Express or similar
               overnight courier, freight prepaid or (d) one (1) business day
               after the business day of facsimile transmission, if delivered by
               facsimile transmission with copy by first class mail, postage
               prepaid, and shall be addressed (i) if to the Holder, at the
               Holder's address as provided to the Company, and (ii) if to the
               Company, at the address of its principal corporate offices
               (attention: Bruce McPheeters, Vice President, Secretary and
               Corporate Counsel), or at such other address as the Company shall
               have furnished to the other parties hereto in writing.

          14.  Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Warrant may be amended
               and the observance of any term of this Warrant may be waived
               (either generally or in a particular instance and either
               retroactively or prospectively), with the written consent of the
               Company and the Holder.

          15.  Attorneys' Fees. If any action of law or equity is necessary to
               enforce or interpret the terms of this Warrant, the prevailing
               party shall be entitled to its reasonable attorneys' fees, costs
               and disbursements in addition to any other relief to which it may
               be entitled.




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          16.  Headings. The section and subsection headings of this Warrant are
               inserted for convenience only and shall not constitute a part of
               this Warrant in construing or interpreting any provision hereof.

          17.  Governing Law. This Warrant and all actions arising out of or in
               connection with this Agreement shall be governed by and construed
               in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota without
               regard to conflicts of law provisions.

          18.  Assignment. This Warrant and the rights represented by this
               Warrant may not be transferred, assigned or pledged, in whole or
               in part, without the prior written consent of the Company, except
               that a transfer from the Holder to any other entity which
               controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the
               Holder, may be effected by delivery by the Holder of a form of
               transfer attached hereto as Attachment B duly executed to the
               principal office of the Company. The transfer shall be recorded
               on the books of the Company upon the surrender of this Warrant,
               properly endorsed, to the Company at its principal offices. In
               the event of a partial transfer, the Company shall issue to the
               holders one or more appropriate new warrants.

          19.  Successors and Assigns. The terms and provisions of this Warrant
               and the Warrant Purchase Agreement shall inure to the benefit of,
               and be binding upon, the Company and the Holders hereof and their
               respective successors and permitted assigns.

          20.  Entire Agreement. This Warrant constitutes the entire agreement
               among the parties hereto and supersedes in its entirety any prior
               agreements, whether written or oral, among the parties hereto
               with respect to the subject matter hereof.


Issued this 28th day of January, 2000.


                                       LAWSON ASSOCIATES, INC.


                                       By: /s/ William B. Lawson
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                                          Its: Chief Executive Officer



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