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                                   UNITED STATES
  
                        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):  June 7, 1999
  
  
  
                                INPRISE CORPORATION
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
               Delaware                      33-80946              94-2895440
    (State or other jurisdiction of  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer)
     incorporation or organization)                            Identification No.)
  
  
  
                100 Enterprise Way
             Scotts Valley, California                       95066-3249
      (Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)
  
  
  
        Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (831) 431-1000
  
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report):
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  Item 5.  OTHER EVENTS
  
       On June 11, 1999, Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft") purchased 625 shares
  of Inprise Series C Convertible Preferred Stock at a price of $40,000 per share,
  for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000,000.  The Series C shares are
  convertible at the option of the holder at anytime after June 10, 2001, into
  6,720,430 shares of common stock, subject to certain adjustments for stock
  splits or other capital reorganizations.
  
       In another transaction, Inprise Corporation (the "Company") and Microsoft
  entered into a Patent Cross-License Agreement pursuant to which  Microsoft paid
  the Company $100,000,000 for the rights to use Inprise-patented technology in
  Microsoft products and settle certain patent and technology licensing issues.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  
                  (c)  Exhibits.
  
  Exhibit No.     Description
  -----------     -----------
  
  3.1             Certificate of Designation of Series C Convertible Preferred
                  Stock for Inprise Corporation, dated June 7, 1999.
  3.2             Certificate of Correction Filed to Correct a Certain Error in
                  the Certificate of Designation of Series C Convertible Preferred
                  Stock of Inprise Corporation filed in the Office of the
                  Secretary of State of Delaware on June 8, 1999, dated June 9,
                  1999.
  4.1             Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement between the Company and
                  Microsoft, dated June 7, 1999.
  4.2(a)          Investor Rights Agreement between the Company and Microsoft,
                  dated June 7, 1999.
  99.1            Press Release announcing the Patent Cross-License Agreement
                  between the Company and Microsoft and Microsoft's purchase of
                  Inprise Preferred Stock.
  
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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.
  
  
  
                                          Inprise Corporation
  
  
  
  July 2, 1999                            By:  /s/ JOANNE M. BUTLER
                                             --------------------------------
                                             JoAnne M. Butler,
                                             Vice President and Secretary
  
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                                   Exhibit Index
  
  
  Exhibit No.     Description
  -----------     -----------
  
  3.1             Certificate of Designation of Series C Convertible Preferred
                  Stock for Inprise Corporation, dated June 7, 1999.
  3.2             Certificate of Correction Filed to Correct a Certain Error in
                  the Certificate of Designation of Series C Convertible Preferred
                  Stock of Inprise Corporation filed in the Office of the
                  Secretary of State of Delaware on June 8, 1999, dated June 9,
                  1999.
  4.1             Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement between the Company and
                  Microsoft, dated June 7, 1999.
  4.2(a)          Investor Rights Agreement between the Company and Microsoft,
                  dated June 7, 1999.
  99.1            Press Release announcing the Patent Cross-License Agreement
                  between the Company and Microsoft and Microsoft's purchase of
                  Inprise Preferred Stock.
  
  
  
  
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text: UNITED STATES
  
                        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):  June 7, 1999
  
                                INPRISE CORPORATION
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
               Delaware                      33-80946              94-2895440
    (State or other jurisdiction of  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer)
     incorporation or organization)                            Identification No.)
  
                100 Enterprise Way
             Scotts Valley, California                       95066-3249
      (Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)
  
        Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (831) 431-1000
  
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report):
  Item 5.  OTHER EVENTS
  
       On June 11, 1999, Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft") purchased 625 shares
  of Inprise Series C Convertible Preferred Stock at a price of $40,000 per share,
  for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000,000.  The Series C shares are
  convertible at the option of the holder at anytime after June 10, 2001, into
  6,720,430 shares of common stock, subject to certain adjustments for stock
  splits or other capital reorganizations.
  
       In another transaction, Inprise Corporation (the "Company") and Microsoft
  entered into a Patent Cross-License Agreement pursuant to which  Microsoft paid
  the Company $100,000,000 for the rights to use Inprise-patented technology in
  Microsoft products and settle certain patent and technology licensing issues.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  
                  (c)  Exhibits.
  
  Exhibit No.     Description
  -----------     -----------
  
  3.1             Certificate of Designation of Series C Convertible Preferred
                  Stock for Inprise Corporation, dated June 7, 1999.
  3.2             Certificate of Correction Filed to Correct a Certain Error in
                  the Certificate of Designation of Series C Convertible Preferred
                  Stock of Inprise Corporation filed in the Office of the
                  Secretary of State of Delaware on June 8, 1999, dated June 9,
                  1999.
  4.1             Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement between the Company and
                  Microsoft, dated June 7, 1999.
  4.2(a)          Investor Rights Agreement between the Company and Microsoft,
                  dated June 7, 1999.
  99.1            Press Release announcing the Patent Cross-License Agreement
                  between the Company and Microsoft and Microsoft's purchase of
                  Inprise Preferred Stock.
  
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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.
  
                                          Inprise Corporation
  
  July 2, 1999                            By:  /s/ JOANNE M. BUTLER
                                             --------------------------------
                                             JoAnne M. Butler,
                                             Vice President and Secretary
  
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  Exhibit Index
  
  Exhibit No.     Description
  -----------     -----------
  
  3.1             Certificate of Designation of Series C Convertible Preferred
                  Stock for Inprise Corporation, dated June 7, 1999.
  3.2             Certificate of Correction Filed to Correct a Certain Error in
                  the Certificate of Designation of Series C Convertible Preferred
                  Stock of Inprise Corporation filed in the Office of the
                  Secretary of State of Delaware on June 8, 1999, dated June 9,
                  1999.
  4.1             Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement between the Company and
                  Microsoft, dated June 7, 1999.
  4.2(a)          Investor Rights Agreement between the Company and Microsoft,
                  dated June 7, 1999.
  99.1            Press Release announcing the Patent Cross-License Agreement
                  between the Company and Microsoft and Microsoft's purchase of
                  Inprise Preferred Stock.
  
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