Doug Burgum, far right, and other Great Plains Software employees in 1987. The Fargo company, which started as a small computer store nearly three decades ago and eventually narrowed to just software, was hugely successful in the 1980s and was named one of the 100 best places to work in America in 1993. Special to The Forum
Read the article: Part 1 of 7: Rising to the Challenge: History of Great Plains Software before merger

