EXHIBIT 24

			POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Margaret Budd, Anne
Jordan and Kevin Parker, signing singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of PeopleSoft, Inc. ("PeopleSoft"), Forms 144, 3,
4 and 5 in accordance with Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933 and Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder, both as amended from time to time ("Forms");

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any Forms and any
amendments thereto, and file the Forms with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;

(3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the under-
signed's behalf, information on transactions in PeopleSoft's securities from
any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and
trustees, which release of information is authorized and approved by the
undersigned; and

(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form
and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-fact's sole discretion.

The undersigned grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing required, necessary, or
proper to be done, in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, to give effect to the intention and purpose of the powers granted
as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact or substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done pursuant
to this Power of Attorney.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is PeopleSoft assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any liability for any
failure to so comply, including Section 16(b) profit disgorgement for any
"non-exempt" trades.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the under-
signed is no longer required to file the Forms with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by PeopleSoft, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 18th day of July 2003.

Signature: /s/ Michael J. Maples
Name:	Michael J. Maples