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                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                     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)   May 27, 1999
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                              SEAGATE SOFTWARE, INC.
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            (Exact Name of the Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  
                                     Delaware
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                  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  
             00-23169                                      77-0397623
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      (Commission File Number)                (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  
     915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California                95066
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      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)
  
                                  (831) 438-6550
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               (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
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           (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  
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  Item 5.   Other Events.
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            The Registrant's stockholders approved the amendment and restatement
  of its Certificate of Incorporation on May 27, 1999. Attached hereto as an
  exhibit is the Certificate of Incorporation as amended and restated on May 27,
  1999 and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on such
  date.
  
            Available Information.  Statements made in this Current Report on
            ---------------------
  Form 8-K concerning the contents of any contract or other document are not
  necessarily complete. With respect to each contract or other document filed as
  an exhibit hereto, reference is hereby made to that document for a more complete
  description of the matter involved and each such statement is hereby qualified
  in its entirety by such reference.
  
  Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
            ---------------------------------
  
                  (c) Exhibits
  
                 Exhibit
                 Number             Description
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                 3.1                Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as
                                    amended.
  
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                                    SIGNATURES
  
  
            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.
  
  
  Dated:  September 15, 1999
                                        SEAGATE SOFTWARE, INC.
  
  
                                        By:  /s/ Ellen E. Chamberlain
                                            -------------------------------------
                                             Ellen E. Chamberlain
                                             Senior Vice President, Chief
                                             Financial Officer and Treasurer
  
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                              SEAGATE SOFTWARE, INC.
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                 INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  
  
  
         Exhibit
         Number                 Exhibit Title
         ------                 -------------
  
  
         3.1             Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as amended.
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                     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)   May 27, 1999
                                                   -------------------------------
  
                              SEAGATE SOFTWARE, INC.
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            (Exact Name of the Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  
                                     Delaware
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  
             00-23169                                      77-0397623
  ----------------------------------          ------------------------------------
      (Commission File Number)                (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  
     915 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California                95066
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)
  
                                  (831) 438-6550
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  
                                        -1-
  Item 5.   Other Events.
            ------------
  
            The Registrant's stockholders approved the amendment and restatement
  of its Certificate of Incorporation on May 27, 1999. Attached hereto as an
  exhibit is the Certificate of Incorporation as amended and restated on May 27,
  1999 and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on such
  date.
  
            Available Information.  Statements made in this Current Report on
            ---------------------
  Form 8-K concerning the contents of any contract or other document are not
  necessarily complete. With respect to each contract or other document filed as
  an exhibit hereto, reference is hereby made to that document for a more complete
  description of the matter involved and each such statement is hereby qualified
  in its entirety by such reference.
  
  Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
            ---------------------------------
  
                  (c) Exhibits
  
                 Exhibit
                 Number             Description
                 ------             -----------
  
                 3.1                Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as
                                    amended.
  
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  SIGNATURES
  
            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.
  
  Dated:  September 15, 1999
                                        SEAGATE SOFTWARE, INC.
  
                                        By:  /s/ Ellen E. Chamberlain
                                            -------------------------------------
                                             Ellen E. Chamberlain
                                             Senior Vice President, Chief
                                             Financial Officer and Treasurer
  
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  SEAGATE SOFTWARE, INC.
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                 INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  
         Exhibit
         Number                 Exhibit Title
         ------                 -------------
  
         3.1             Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as amended.