EXHIBIT 24.1
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
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                            (1996 Stock Option Plan)
                            (1997 Stock Option Plan)

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer
and/or director of SEQUENT COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC., does hereby constitute and
appoint KARL C. POWELL, JR. and ROBERT S. GREGG, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney and agent to do any and all acts and things and to
execute in his or her name (whether on behalf of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
or as an officer or director of said Company, or otherwise) any and all
instruments which said attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable in
order to enable Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. to comply with the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of Common Stock of Sequent
Computer Systems, Inc. issuable pursuant to 1996 Stock Option Plan and 1997
Stock Option Plan, including specifically, but without limitation thereto, power
and authority to sign his or her name (whether on behalf of Sequent Computer
Systems, Inc. or as an officer or director of said Company, or otherwise) to a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any amendment thereto (including any
post-effective amendment) or application for amendment thereto in respect to
such Common Stock or any exhibits filed therewith; and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission; and the undersigned does hereby ratify and
confirm all that said attorney and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

DATED: September 8, 1999.

                                          KARL C. POWELL, JR.
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                                          Karl C. Powell, Jr.

                                          ROBERT S. GREGG
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                                          Robert S. Gregg

                                          JOHN McADAM
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                                          John McAdam

                                          FRANK C. GILL
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                                          Frank C. Gill

                                          LARRY R. LEVITAN
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                                          Larry R. Levitan

                                          MICHAEL S. SCOTT MORTON
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                                          Michael S. Scott Morton

                                          MARTIN A. STERN
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                                          Martin A. Stern

                                          ROBERT W. WILMOT
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                                          Robert W. Wilmot