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Exhibit 10.32

AGREEMENT

        THIS AGREEMENT, (this "Agreement") is dated as of the 19th day of
March 2002, by and between QRS Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company") and David A. Cole ("Cole").

RECITALS

        WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, Cole is
resigning from the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board");

        WHEREAS, unless earlier removed, Cole's current term as a director would
have expired at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Company's stockholders.

        WHEREAS the Company previously granted to Cole the following
non-qualified stock options (the "Options") pursuant to the Company's 1993 Stock
Option/Stock Issuance Plan (as amended and restated through March 1, 2000, the
"Plan"):

Date of Grant

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  Number of Shares

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  Exercise Price per Share

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12/09/99   15,000   $ 75.75 05/11/00   10,000   $ 28.125 01/02/01   10,000   $
12.75 07/26/01   10,000   $ 15.85 01/02/02   10,000   $ 13.60

        WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the stock option
agreements dated as of the date of each grant, respectively (collectively, the
"Option Agreements"), the vesting of the Options will terminate as of the date
hereof; and

        WHEREAS, in connection with Cole's resignation and retirement as a
member of the Board, Cole and the Company desire to amend the terms of the
Option Agreements to provide for accelerated vesting of certain of the Options,
and the extension of the termination date for such options:

        NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

1.Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Plan or in any of
the Option Agreements, the vesting of Cole's option to purchase an aggregate of
40,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, pursuant to the Options dated
May 11, 2000, January 2, 2001, July 26, 2001 and January 2, 2002 (collectively,
the "Accelerated Options"), shall be accelerated such that he shall be entitled
to exercise such Accelerated Options for that number of shares that would have
been vested if he had continued to serve on the Board until May 15, 2003. For
the sake of clarity, effective upon the execution of this Agreement (a) Cole
shall be entitled to purchase up to 26,016 shares of the Common Stock granted
pursuant to the Accelerated Options, and (b) the option to purchase the
remaining 13,984 unvested shares shall immediately terminate.

2.Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or the Option Agreements,
unless previously exercised, the Accelerated Options shall terminate, and Cole
shall have no further right to exercise the Accelerated Options at any time
after December 31, 2003.

3.Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the vesting and termination
of Cole's option to purchase 15,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to that
certain Notice of Grant of Non-Employee Director dated December 9, 1999, shall
not be modified or amended in any respect.

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4.Except as otherwise set forth herein, the terms of the Option Agreements shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

5.Concurrent with the execution of this Agreement, Cole is resigning from the
Board.

6.This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with, and governed in all
respects by, the laws of the State of California, as applied to agreements
entered into, and to be performed entirely in such state, between residents of
such state.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned execute this Agreement as of the
date first set forth above.

    QRS CORPORATION
 
 
By:
 
/s/  LEONARD R. STEIN              

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Leonard R. Stein
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
 
 
 
 
/s/  DAVID A. COLE              

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David A. Cole

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Exhibit 10.32

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