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        EXHIBIT 3(i) - ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                              MICROS SYSTEMS, INC.

                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

         MICROS Systems, Inc., a Maryland corporation, having its principal
office at 12000 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland 20705 (which is
hereinafter called the "Corporation"), hereby certifies to the State Department
of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

         FIRST:   The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby 
amended by striking out Article FIFTH thereof in its entirety and inserting in 
lieu thereof the following:

                  "FIFTH: The total number of shares which the Corporation shall
         have authority to issue is 50,000,000, all such shares to be common
         stock, par value $0.025 per share. Dividends may be declared on the
         common stock and each share of common stock will entitle the holder
         thereof to one vote in all proceedings in which action should be taken
         by stockholders of the Corporation."

         SECOND: The Board of Directors of the Corporation at a meeting duly
convened and held on September 24, 1998, adopted a resolution in which was set
forth the foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the
Corporation, declaring that said amendment was advisable and directing that such
amendment be submitted for action thereon at the next annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Corporation.

         THIRD: The amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of the
Corporation as hereinabove set forth were approved by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the total votes eligible to be cast at the annual meeting of
stockholders held on November 20, 1998, in accordance with the provisions of
Article SEVENTH, subsection (f), of the Articles of Incorporation of the
Corporation.

         FOURTH:  (a)      Prior to the amendment, the Corporation had
authority to issue 30,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $.025
per share.
                                 
                  (b)      After amendment the Corporation has authority to 
issue 50,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $.025 per share.

                  (c)      The capital stock of the Corporation is not divided 
into classes.

                  (d)      The aggregate par value of all shares of common
stock of the Corporation is $1,250,000.
                                
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MICROS Systems, Inc. has caused these presents to
be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and its corporate seal
to be hereunto affixed and attested by its Secretary on the __ day of November,
1998.

ATTEST                                MICROS SYSTEMS, INC.

/s/Judith F. Wilbert                  /s/A.L. Giannopoulos
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Judith F. Wilbert                     By: A.L. Giannopoulos
Secretary                             Its: President and Chief Executive Officer



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         THE UNDERSIGNED, President and Chief Executive Officer of MICROS
Systems, Inc., who executed on behalf of the Corporation the foregoing Articles
of Amendment of which this is made a part, hereby acknowledges in the name and
on behalf of said Corporation that the foregoing Articles of Amendment to be the
corporate act of said Corporation, and hereby certifies that to the best of his
knowledge, information, and belief the matters and facts set forth therein with
respect to the authorization and approval thereof are true in all material
respects under the penalties of perjury.

                              /s/A.L. Giannopoulos
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                              A.L. Giannopoulos
                              President and Chief Executive Officer

STATE OF MARYLAND, COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGES, To wit:

         I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this __ day of November, 1998, before me, the
subscriber, a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid,
personally appeared A.L. Giannopoulos, President of the Corporation and made
oath in due form of law that he executed the above on behalf of the Corporation,
being authorized to do so, and executed same in my presence.

         AS WITNESS My Hand and Notarial Seal.

My commission expires:                 /s/Judith F. Wilbert
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                                       Judith F. Wilbert
                                       Notary Public



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