UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) September 1, 2004

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Item 5.02 – Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

     On September 1, 2004, the board of directors of Open Solutions Inc. (the “Registrant”) elected Howard L. Carver as a Class I director of the Registrant, to serve until the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders of the Registrant. Upon his election, the Registrant granted Mr. Carver a stock option to purchase 15,000 shares of common stock of the Registrant at an exercise price equal to $24.15, the last sale price of the Registrant’s common stock on the Nasdaq National Market on September 1, 2004.

     Mr. Carver will also serve as the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

     Statements made in this report that state the Registrant’s intentions, beliefs, expectations or predictions for the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned that these statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. All forward looking-statements are only as of the date of this report and the Registrant undertakes no obligation to update or revise them. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause the Registrant’s actual intentions, beliefs, expectations or predictions to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements, including economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors discussed in the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.