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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;2, 2005
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Open Solutions Inc.</B>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>22-3173050</B></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">or Organization)
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>300 Winding Brook Drive<BR>
  Glastonbury, Connecticut</B>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>06033</B></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>2000 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Louis Hernandez, Jr.<BR>
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  300 Winding Brook Drive<BR>
  Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033</B><BR>
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)<BR>
  <B>(860)&nbsp;652-3155</B><BR>
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
  
  
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Amount to be</TD>
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                      <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01
  par value per share</DIV></TD>
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      <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" nowrap>968,790 shares</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$20.585</TD>
      <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$19,942,542.15</TD>
      <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$2,347.24</TD>
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      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
  statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be
  offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
  transactions.</TD>
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      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule
  457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate offering price
  are calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common
  Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on February&nbsp;28, 2005, in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</TD>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">This Registration Statement on Form S-8, relating to Open Solutions Inc.&#146;s (the &#147;Registrant&#146;s&#148;)
  2000 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on
  Form S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-112571, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;6,
  2004 by the Registrant, relating to the Registrant&#146;s 1994 Stock Option Plan, 2000 Stock Incentive
  Plan and 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, except for the information required by Item&nbsp;5, which is
  contained below.
  
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  <P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities being
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Glastonbury, state of Connecticut, on this 2nd day of
  March, 2005.
  
  
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      <TD colspan="3" align="left">OPEN SOLUTIONS INC.<BR>
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      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Louis Hernandez, Jr.
  &nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Louis Hernandez, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>
  
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Open Solutions Inc., hereby severally constitute
  and appoint Louis Hernandez, Jr. and Carl D. Blandino, and each of them singly, our true and lawful
  attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the
  capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
  subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our
  names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Open Solutions Inc.
  to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of
  the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
  be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all
  amendments thereto.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  
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  <B>Title</B>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Date</B>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Louis Hernandez Jr.
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  Louis Hernandez Jr.</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Chairman of the Board and
  Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive
  Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">March 2, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Carl D. Blandino
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  Carl D. Blandino</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Senior Vice President, Chief
  Financial Officer and
  Treasurer (Principal
  Financial Officer and
  Principal Accounting
  Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">March 2, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Douglas K. Anderson
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  Douglas K. Anderson</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">March 2, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Howard L. Carver
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  Howard L. Carver</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">March 2, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Dennis F. Lynch
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  Dennis F. Lynch</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">March 2, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Samuel F. McKay
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  Samuel F. McKay</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">March 2, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Carlos P. Naudon
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  Carlos P. Naudon</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">March 2, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Richard P. Yanak
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  Richard P. Yanak</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">March 2, 2005</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1 (1)
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2 (1)
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  the Registrant</TD>
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  (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
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text: Open Solutions, Inc. Form S-8
  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2005
  Registration No. 333-_______
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  Open Solutions Inc.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Delaware
  22-3173050
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
  (I.R.S. Employer
  or Organization)
  Identification No.)
  300 Winding Brook Drive
  Glastonbury, Connecticut
  06033
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  2000 Stock Incentive Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Louis Hernandez, Jr.
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
  300 Winding Brook Drive
  Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)
  (860) 652-3155
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed Maximum
  Proposed Maximum
  Title of Securities
  Amount to be
  Offering Price Per
  Aggregate Offering
  Amount of
  to be Registered
  Registered(1)
  Share
  Price
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock, $0.01
  par value per share
  968,790 shares
  $20.585
  (2)
  $19,942,542.15
  (2)
  $2,347.24
  (1)
  In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
  statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be
  offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
  transactions.
  (2)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule
  457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate offering price
  are calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common
  Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on February 28, 2005, in accordance with Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
  SIGNATURES
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  EX-5 Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
  EX-23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  Table of Contents
  STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
  This Registration Statement on Form S-8, relating to Open Solutions Inc.'s (the "Registrant's")
  2000 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on
  Form S-8, File No. 333-112571, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6,
  2004 by the Registrant, relating to the Registrant's 1994 Stock Option Plan, 2000 Stock Incentive
  Plan and 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, except for the information required by Item 5, which is
  contained below.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities being
  offered by this registration statement.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Glastonbury, state of Connecticut, on this 2nd day of
  March, 2005.
  OPEN SOLUTIONS INC.
  By:
  /s/ Louis Hernandez, Jr.
  Louis Hernandez, Jr.
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of Open Solutions Inc., hereby severally constitute
  and appoint Louis Hernandez, Jr. and Carl D. Blandino, and each of them singly, our true and lawful
  attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the
  capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
  subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our
  names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Open Solutions Inc.
  to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of
  the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
  be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all
  amendments thereto.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Louis Hernandez Jr.
  Louis Hernandez Jr.
  Chairman of the Board and
  Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive
  Officer)
  March 2, 2005
  /s/ Carl D. Blandino
  Carl D. Blandino
  Senior Vice President, Chief
  Financial Officer and
  Treasurer (Principal
  Financial Officer and
  Principal Accounting
  Officer)
  March 2, 2005
  /s/ Douglas K. Anderson
  Douglas K. Anderson
  Director
  March 2, 2005
  /s/ Howard L. Carver
  Howard L. Carver
  Director
  March 2, 2005
  /s/ Dennis F. Lynch
  Dennis F. Lynch
  Director
  March 2, 2005
  /s/ Samuel F. McKay
  Samuel F. McKay
  Director
  March 2, 2005
  /s/ Carlos P. Naudon
  Carlos P. Naudon
  Director
  March 2, 2005
  /s/ Richard P. Yanak
  Richard P. Yanak
  Director
  March 2, 2005
  Table of Contents
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Number
  Description
  4.1 (1)
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
  4.2 (1)
  Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant
  5
  Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to
  the Registrant
  23.1
  Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit 5)
  23.2
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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  Power of attorney (included on the signature page of this
  Registration Statement)
  (1)
  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to the
  Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-108293), and
  incorporated herein by reference.