**Exhibit 31.1**

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

 

I, A.L.Giannopoulos, certify that:

 

1.             Ihave reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of MICROS Systems, Inc. (the “Registrant”);

 

2.             Basedon my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a materialfact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.             Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this Annual Report, fairly present in all material respects thefinancial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant asof, and for, the periods presented in this report.

 

4.             The Registrant’s other certifying officers and Iare responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15(e)) [*clause omitted pursuant to SEC Release Nos. 33-8238and 34-47986*] for the Registrant and we have:

 

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused suchdisclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, toensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b) [*paragraph omitted pursuant toSEC Release Nos. 33-8238 and 34-47986*];

 

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controlsand procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d) disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s mostrecent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;and

 

5.             The Registrant’s other certifying officers and Ihave disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofRegistrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunction):

 

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the designor operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonablylikely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information; and

 

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management orother employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting.

 
|   | /s/                     | A.L. Giannopoulos |
|--------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|   | A.L. Giannopoulos       |
|   | Chairman, President and |
|   | Chief Executive Officer |
|   |                    |
| Date:  | November 9,  2004       |              |   |
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