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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

              CAMBRIDGE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS (MASSACHUSETTS), INC.

                            1991 STOCK OPTION PLAN

1. PURPOSE

   The name of this plan is the Cambridge Technology Partners (Massachusetts),
Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). The purpose of the Plan is to
promote the long-term success of Cambridge Technology Partners (Massachusetts),
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), by providing financial
incentives to the officers, employees, directors and consultants of the Company
who are in positions to make significant contributions toward such success. The
Plan is designed to attract individuals of outstanding ability to become or to
continue as officers, employees, directors or consultants of the Company, to
enable such individuals to acquire or increase proprietary interests in the
Company through the ownership of shares of Common Stock of the Company, and to
render superior performance during their associations with the Company. The
Company intends that this purpose will be effected by the granting pursuant to
the Plan of options for shares of the Company's Common Stock (hereinafter
referred to as "Options") that either do meet the definition of "incentive
stock options" ("Incentive Options") in Section 422(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or do not meet such definition
("Nonqualified Options").

   References herein to "the Company" shall include any successor corporation
to the Company and also any subsidiary of the Company (such that, if the Company
has one or more subsidiaries, individuals who are officers or key employees
thereof are eligible to be granted Options under the Plan).


2. OPTIONS TO BE GRANTED AND ADMINISTRATION

   (a) Options granted under the Plan may be either Incentive Options or
Nonqualified Options. An Option shall not be considered to be an Incentive
Option unless designated as such at the time of grant or in the option agreement
relating to such option, and any option that is not so designated (or even if so
designated fails to meet the definition of "incentive stock option" under
Section 422(b) of the Code) shall be a Nonqualified Option. Unless otherwise
specified in a particular grant, Options granted under the Plan are intended to
qualify as performance-based compensation to the extent required under Section
162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

   (b) The Plan shall be administered by a committee (the "Option Committee")
of not less than two members of the Board of Directors of the Company selected
by and from the members of the Company's Board of Directors in accordance with
the provisions of the Company's By-Laws relating to the appointment of
Committees; provided, however, that the Plan shall be administered so that
Options granted under the Plan will qualify for the benefits provided by Rule
16b-3 (or any successor rule to the same effect) under the 
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and by Section 162(m) of the Code (or any
successor provision to the same effect) and the applicable regulations
thereunder. Subject to the provisions of this Plan, the Option Committee shall
exercise all powers under the Plan, unless and until other action is taken by
the Company's Board of Directors. Action by the Option Committee shall require
the affirmative vote of a majority of all its members, and a further vote of the
Company's Board of Directors shall be required for the approval of any and all
grants of Options recommended by the Option Committee.

   (c) Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Option Committee
shall have the power:

       (i)   To determine from time to time the Options to be granted to
  eligible persons under the Plan, and to prescribe the terms and provisions
  (which need not be identical) of each Option granted under the Plan to such
  persons, and to recommend the grant of Options to the Board of Directors of
  the Company for its approval;

       (ii)  To construe and interpret the Plan and Options granted thereunder
  and to establish, amend, and revoke rules and regulations for administration
  of the Plan. In this connection, the Option Committee may correct any defect
  or supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, or in any
  option agreement, in the manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or
  expedient to make the Plan fully effective. All decisions and determinations
  by the Option Committee and, with respect to the grant of Options, by the
  Board of Directors of the Company in the exercise of this power shall be final
  and binding upon the Company and all optionees; and

       (iii) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as are
  deemed necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company
  with respect to the Plan.


3. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

   (a) The stock subject to the Options granted under the Plan shall be shares
of the Company's authorized but unissued common stock, par value $.01 per share
(the "Common Stock"), or previously issued shares of Common Stock that have
been reacquired and reserved by the Company's Board of Directors for resale upon
exercise of Options granted under the Plan. The total number of shares of Common
Stock that may be issued pursuant to Options granted under the Plan shall not
exceed an aggregate of 23,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Such number shall be
subject to adjustment as provided in Section 9 hereof.

   (b) Whenever any outstanding Option under the Plan expires, is canceled or is
otherwise terminated (other than by exercise), the shares of Common Stock
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the unexercised portion of such Option may again be the subject of Options under
the Plan.

   (c) No employee of the Company may be granted Options to acquire, in the
aggregate, more than 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan. If any
Option granted under the Plan shall expire or terminate for any reason without
having been exercised in full or shall cease for any reason to be exercisable in
whole or in part, the unpurchased shares subject to such Option shall be
included in the determination of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
deemed to have been granted to such employee under the Plan.


4. STOCK OPTION GRANTS

   (a) Incentive Options may be granted only to persons who are employees of the
Company, including members of the Board of Directors who are also employees of
the Company. Nonqualified Options may be granted to officers and employees of
the Company, to directors of the Company, whether or not they are also employees
of the Company, to consultants to the Company who are not employees, and to such
other persons as the Option Committee shall select from time to time. The
determination of the persons eligible to receive grants, the number of shares of
Common Stock for which Options are granted and the determination of whether an
Option shall be an Incentive Option or a Nonqualified Option shall be made by
the Option Committee, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the
Company.

   (b) No person shall be eligible to receive any Incentive Option under the
Plan if at the date of grant such person beneficially owns (or would own upon
the exercise of any Options held, or which upon such grant would be held, by
such person) in excess of ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock, unless (i) the exercise price is at least 110% of the fair market value
(determined as provided in Section 5(c) hereof at the time the Incentive Option
is granted) of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Option and (ii) such
Option by its terms is not exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years
from the date such Option is granted.

   (c) The aggregate fair market value (determined as provided in Section 5(c)
hereof at the time the Incentive Option is granted) of shares of Common Stock
with respect to which any Incentive Option is exercisable for the first time by
the optionee during any calendar year (plus the value of any other such shares
of Common Stock first purchasable in such year under any other Option under the
Plan or any other plan of the Company or any parent or subsidiary thereof
intended to be an "incentive stock option" under Section 422 of the Code)
shall not exceed $100,000, and no person shall be eligible to receive an
Incentive Option for shares of Common Stock in excess of such limitation.


5. TERMS OF THE OPTION AGREEMENTS
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   Each option agreement for Options granted under the Plan shall contain such
provisions as the Option Committee shall from time to time deem appropriate.
Option agreements need not be identical, but each option agreement by
appropriate language, or by reference to this Section 5 of the Plan, shall
include the substance of all of the following provisions:

   (a) Expiration.  Each Option shall expire on the date specified in the option
agreement, which date shall not be later than the tenth anniversary of the date
on which the Option was granted. Each Incentive Option shall in any event expire
not later than three months after the optionee is for any reason no longer
employed by the Company, except (i) if such termination of employment results
from optionee's disability (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code),
an Option may be exercised within twelve months thereafter, whether or not
exercisable at the time of such termination, and (ii) if such termination of
employment results from the optionee's death, an Option may be exercised by his
executors or administrators within twenty-four months thereafter, whether or not
exercisable at the time of such termination.

   (b) Exercise.   Unless the Option Committee shall otherwise determine at the
time an Option is granted, each Option shall become vested and exercisable with
respect to 25% of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Option as of the
first anniversary of the date of grant and, thereafter, with respect to an
additional 2.083% of the shares subject to such Option as of the same day (or
the immediately preceding day if a month does not have such day) of each
calendar month thereafter, so that such Option shall be exercisable in full as
of the fourth anniversary of the date of grant. Unless otherwise provided in the
vote of either the Option Committee or the Board of Directors of the Company,
for this purpose the date of the grant of an Option shall be the date on which
the Board of Directors approves the grant. To the extent not exercised, vested
installments shall accumulate and be exercisable in whole or in part at any time
after becoming exercisable, but not later than the date the Option expires or
terminates.

   (c) Purchase Price.  Unless the Option Committee shall otherwise determine at
the time the Option is granted, the purchase price per share of Common Stock
under each Option shall be not less than the fair market value of a share of
Common Stock on the date the Option is granted. For the purposes of the Plan,
the fair market value of the shares of Common Stock shall be determined by the
Option Committee with the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company.


6. LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF OPTIONEES

   (a) Transferability of Options.  Except as set forth below, (i) no Option
shall be transferable by any optionee other than by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution and (ii) Options may be exercised during the optionee's
lifetime only by the optionee (or, if the optionee is disabled and so long as
the Option remains exercisable, by the 
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optionee's duly appointed guardian or other legal representative). However, the
Committee may, in its discretion, permit a Non-qualified Option holder to
transfer the Non-qualified Option to family members or other persons for estate
planning purposes. In connection with permitting transfers, the Committee may
require that (i) no consideration be given or payment made for any such
transfer, (ii) the stock option agreement pursuant to which such Option is
granted must be approved by the Committee, and must expressly provide for
transferability at the date of grant in a manner consistent with the Plan, and
(iii) subsequent transfers of the transferred Option shall be prohibited except
those in accordance with this Section. Following any such transfer, any such
Options shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were
applicable immediately prior to transfer, provided that for purposes of Sections
2, 6(b) - (d), 7, 8, 9 and 12 hereof the term "optionee" shall be deemed to
refer to the transferee. The events of termination of employment set forth in an
optionee's option agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the
original optionee, following which the Options shall be exercisable by the
transferee only to the extent and for the periods specified in such option
agreement.

   (b) No Shareholder Rights.  No optionee shall be deemed for any purpose to be
the owner of any shares of Common Stock subject to any Option unless and until
(i) the Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms thereof, (ii) the
Company shall have issued and delivered the shares to the optionee, and (iii)
the optionee's name shall have been entered as a shareholder of record on the
books of the Company. Thereupon, the optionee shall have full voting, dividend
and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Common Stock.

   (c) No Employment Rights.   Neither the Plan nor the grant of any Option
thereunder shall be deemed to confer upon any optionee any rights of employment
with the Company, including without limitation any right to continue in the
employ of the Company, or affect the right of the Company to terminate the
employment of an optionee at any time, with or without cause.

   (d) Authority of Company.  The existence of the Options shall not affect: the
right or power of the Company or its shareholders to make adjustments,
recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's capital
structure or its business; any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior
preference stock affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof; the
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or sale or transfer of any part of
its assets or business; or any other act, whether of a similar character or
otherwise.


7. METHOD OF EXERCISE; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE

   (a) Notice of Exercise.   Any Option granted under the Plan may be exercised
by the optionee by delivering to the Chief Financial Officer of the Company (or
such other representative of the Company as the Option Committee may designate)
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day a written notice specifying the number (which shall be consistent with the
provisions of Section 5(b) hereof) of shares of Common Stock the optionee then
desires to purchase (the "Notice").

   (b) Payment.   Payment for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to
the exercise of an Option shall be made either (i) in cash or by check
representing good funds in an amount equal to the option price for the number of
shares of Common Stock specified in the Notice (the "Total Option Price"), or
(ii) if authorized by the applicable option agreement, by the valid and properly
completed transfer to the Company of a number of shares of Common Stock having a
fair market value, determined as provided in Section 5(c) hereof, equal to or
less than the Total Option Price, plus cash or check in an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of the Total Option Price over the fair market value of such
shares of Common Stock.


8. NOTICE OF DISPOSITION; WITHHOLDING; ESCROW

   An optionee shall immediately notify the Company in writing of any sale,
transfer, assignment or other disposition (or action constituting a
disqualifying disposition within the meaning of Section 421 of the Code) of any
shares of Common Stock acquired through exercise of an Incentive Option, within
two (2) years after the grant of such Incentive Option or within one (1) year
after the acquisition of such shares of Common Stock, setting forth the date and
manner of disposition, the number of shares of Common Stock disposed of and the
price at which such shares of Common Stock were disposed of. The Company shall
be entitled to withhold from any compensation or other payments then or
thereafter due to the optionee such amounts as may be necessary to satisfy any
withholding requirements of federal or state law or regulation and, further, to
collect from the optionee any additional amounts which may be required for such
purpose as a condition of delivering the shares of Common Stock acquired
pursuant to an Option. The Option Committee may, in its discretion, require
shares of Common Stock acquired by an optionee upon exercise of an Incentive
Option to be held in an escrow arrangement for the purpose of enabling
compliance with this Section 8.


9. ADJUSTMENT UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION.

   (a) Events for Adjusting Number and Price.   If the shares of Common Stock as
a whole are changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares
or securities of the Company, whether through reorganization, recapitalization,
reclassification, stock dividend or other distribution, split, combination of
interests, exchange of interests, change in corporate structure or the like, an
appropriate and proportionate adjustment shall be made in the number and kind of
shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan and in the number, kind, and per
share exercise price of shares of Common Stock subject to unexercised Options or
portions thereof granted prior to any such change. In the event of any such
adjustment in an outstanding Option, the optionee thereafter shall have the
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to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock under such Option at the per
share price, as so adjusted, which the optionee could purchase at the total
purchase price applicable to the Option immediately prior to such adjustment.

    (b) Option Committee and Board Action.   Adjustments under this Section 9
shall be determined by the Option Committee and approved and ratified by the
Board of Directors of the Company, and such determinations shall be conclusive.
The Option Committee shall have the discretion, and power in any such event to
determine and to make effective provision for acceleration of the time or times
at which any Option or portion thereof shall become exercisable. No fractional
interests shall be issued under the Plan on account of any adjustment specified
above.


10. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN.

    The Board of Directors of the Company may modify, revise or terminate this
Plan at any time and from time to time, except that, other than as provided in
Section 9 hereof, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the
stockholders of the Company in accordance with applicable law and regulations at
an annual or special meeting held within twelve (12) months before or after the
date of adoption of such amendment, where such amendment will:

    (a)  increase the number of shares of Common Stock as to which Options may
         be granted under the Plan;

    (b)  change in substance Section 4 hereof relating to eligibility to
         participate in the Plan;

    (c)  change the minimum purchase price of Incentive Options to be granted
         under the Plan;

    (d)  increase the maximum term of Options provided herein; or

    (e)  otherwise materially increase the benefits accruing to participants
         under the Plan.

    Except as provided in Section 9 hereof, rights and obligations under any
Option granted before any amendment of the Plan shall not be altered or impaired
by such amendment, except with the consent of the optionee.
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11. EFFECTIVE DATE; NONEXCLUSIVITY

    (a) Effective Date.  This Plan will be deemed to have been adopted and to be
effective when approved by the stockholders of the Company in compliance with
Temporary Regulation (S)14a-422A-2 under the Code.

    (b) Nonexclusivity.   The adoption of the Plan shall not be construed as
creating any limitations on the power of the Board of Directors of the Company
to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including,
without limitation, the granting of options otherwise than under the Plan, and
such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.


12. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER REGULATIONS; GOVERNING LAW

    (a) Securities Laws.  If in the opinion of legal counsel for the Company the
issuance or sale of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of an
Option would not be lawful for any reason, including without limitation the
inability of the Company to obtain from any governmental authority or regulatory
body having jurisdiction the authority deemed by such counsel to be necessary to
such issuance or sale, the Company shall not be obligated to issue or sell any
shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of an Option to an Optionee or
any other authorized person unless a registration statement that complies with
the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Act") in
respect of such shares of Common Stock is in effect at the time thereof, or
other appropriate action has been taken under and pursuant to the terms and
provisions of the Act, or the Company receives evidence satisfactory to such
counsel that the issuance and sale of such shares of Common Stock, in the
absence of an effective registration statement or other appropriate action,
would not constitute a violation of the Act or any applicable state securities
law. The Company is in no event obligated to register any such shares of Common
Stock, to comply with any exemption from registration requirements or to take
any other action which may be required in order to permit, or to remedy or
remove any prohibition or limitation on, the issuance or sale of such shares of
Common Stock of any optionee or other authorized person.

    (b) Withholding Taxes.  As a condition of exercise of an Option, the Company
may, in its sole discretion, withhold or require the optionee to pay or
reimburse the Company for any taxes which the Company determines are required to
be withheld in connection with the grant or any exercise of an Option.

    (c) Governing Law.   The Plan shall be interpreted such that all options
hereunder intended to be Incentive Options shall meet the requirements therefor
set forth in Section 422 of the Code (and any applicable regulations, rulings or
judicial decisions interpreting said Section). Otherwise, the Plan shall be
governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of Delaware.
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13. TERMINATION OF GRANTING OF OPTIONS UNDER THE PLAN

    No Option may be granted under the Plan after the tenth anniversary of the
effective date of the Plan.