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  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"
  COLOR="#000000"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of </B></FONT></P><P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>April 22, 2003 </B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="40%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
  ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
  ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000"><B>TARANTELLA, INC. </B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
  SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>California</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>000-21484</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>94-2549086</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000">(Commission File Number)</FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>425
  Encinal Street </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>Santa Cruz, California 95060 </B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="40%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"><P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000">(Address of principal executive offices) </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>(831) 427-7222 </B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="40%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
  ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000">(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code) </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE
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  <TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item&nbsp;7.</B></FONT></TD>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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  <TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.1</FONT></TD>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Press release dated April 22, 2003, together with related Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Balance Sheets </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P
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  <TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B></FONT></TD>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Regulation FD Disclosure </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">In accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Release No. 33-8216, the following information, which is intended to be furnished
  under Item 12, &#147;Results of Operations and Financial Condition,&#148; is instead being furnished under Item 9, &#147;Regulation FD Disclosure.&#148; This information shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section 18 of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except
  as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
  SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">On April 22, 2003, Tarantella, Inc. issued a press release regarding its financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2003. The full text of the earnings release, together with the related Condensed
  Consolidated Statements of Operations and Balance Sheets, are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>SIGNATURE </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
  COLOR="#000000">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. </FONT></P><P
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="46%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>TARANTELLA, INC.</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="4%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Date:</FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="46%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">April 22, 2003</FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="2%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">By:</FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="46%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Steven M. Sabbath</FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="46%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Steven M. Sabbath</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
  COLOR="#000000">Secretary</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  INDEX </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Description</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="65" SIZE="1" NOSHADE ALIGN="left" COLOR="#000000"></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.1</FONT></P></TD>
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text: Form 8-K
  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
  April 22, 2003
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
  TARANTELLA, INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  California
  000-21484
  94-2549086
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  425
  Encinal Street
  Santa Cruz, California 95060
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (831) 427-7222
  (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  Item 7.
  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  99.1
  Press release dated April 22, 2003, together with related Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Balance Sheets
  Item 9.
  Regulation FD Disclosure
  In accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Release No. 33-8216, the following information, which is intended to be furnished
  under Item 12, "Results of Operations and Financial Condition," is instead being furnished under Item 9, "Regulation FD Disclosure." This information shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except
  as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
  On April 22, 2003, Tarantella, Inc. issued a press release regarding its financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2003. The full text of the earnings release, together with the related Condensed
  Consolidated Statements of Operations and Balance Sheets, are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
  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.
  TARANTELLA, INC.
  Date:
  April 22, 2003
  By:
  /s/    Steven M. Sabbath
  Steven M. Sabbath
  Secretary
  EXHIBIT
  INDEX
  Exhibit
  Description
  99.1
  Press release dated April 22, 2003, together with related Condensed Consolidated
  Statements of Operations and Balance Sheets