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Exhibit 10.9

                                     WARRANT

THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND MAY
NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT IN EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES UNDER SUCH ACT
OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS
NOT REQUIRED.

No. WB -  1    Warrant to Purchase 60,000 Shares of Common Stock (subject to
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                        WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

                                       of

                             VANTAGEMED CORPORATION

                            Void after August 6, 2003

                  This certifies that, for value received, Pine Inc., or
registered assigns ("Holder") is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below,
to purchase from VantageMed Corporation (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation,
sixty thousand (60,000) shares of Common Stock of the Company, as constituted on
the date hereof (the "Warrant Issue Date"), upon surrender hereof at the
principal office of the Company referred to below, with the subscription form
attached hereto duly executed, and simultaneous payment therefor in lawful money
of the United States or otherwise as hereinafter provided, at the Exercise Price
as set forth in Section 2 below. The number, character and Exercise Price of
such shares of Common Stock are subject to adjustment as provided below. The
term "Warrant" as used herein shall include this Warrant, which is one of a
Series of warrants issued for the Common Stock of the Company, and any warrants
delivered in substitution or exchange therefor as provided herein.

                  1. TERM OF WARRANT. Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, this Warrant shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, during the
term commencing on the Warrant Issue Date and ending at 5:00 p.m., Pacific
Standard Time, on August 6, 2003, and shall be void thereafter.

                  2. EXERCISE PRICE. The Exercise Price at which this Warrant
may be exercised shall be Three Dollars and Seventy Cents ($3.70) per share of
Common Stock, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 11 hereof.

                  3. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

                           (a) The purchase rights represented by this Warrant
 are exercisable by the Holder in whole or in part, but not for less than 100
shares at a time (or such lesser number of shares which may then constitute the
maximum number purchasable; such number being subject to adjustment as provided
in Section 11 below), at any time, or from time to time, (during the term hereof
as described in Section 1 above, by the surrender of this Warrant and the Notice
of


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Exercise annexed hereto duly completed and executed on behalf of the Holder, at
the office of the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it
may designate by notice in writing to the Holder at the address of the Holder
appearing on the books of the Company), upon payment (i) in cash or by check
acceptable to the Company, (ii) by cancellation by the Holder of indebtedness of
the Company to the Holder, or (iii) by a combination of (i) and (ii), of the
purchase price of the shares to be purchased.

                           (b) This Warrant shall be deemed to have been
exercised immediately prior to the close of business on the date of its
surrender for exercise as provided above, and the person entitled to receive the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise shall be treated for all
purposes as the holder of record of such shares as of the close of business on
such date. As promptly as practicable on or after such date and in any event
within ten (10) days thereafter, the Company at its expense shall issue and
deliver to the person or persons entitled to receive the same a certificate or
certificates for the number of shares issuable upon such exercise. In the event
that this Warrant is exercised in part, the Company at its expense will execute
and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor exercisable for the number of shares for
which this Warrant may then be exercised.

                  4. NO FRACTIONAL SHARES OR SCRIP. No fractional shares or
scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this
Warrant. In lieu of any fractional share to which the Holder would otherwise be
entitled, the Company shall make a cash payment equal to the Exercise Price
multiplied by such fraction.

                  5. REPLACEMENT OF WARRANT. On receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of
this Warrant and, in the case of loss, theft, or destruction, on delivery of an
indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company
or, in the case of mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant,
the Company at its expense shall execute and deliver, in lieu of this Warrant, a
new warrant of like tenor and amount.

                  6. RIGHTS OF STOCKHOLDERS. This Warrant shall not entitle its
holder to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company. Subject to Sections
9 and 11 of this Warrant, the Holder shall not be entitled to vote or receive
dividends or be deemed the holder of Common Stock or any other securities of the
Company that may at any time be issuable on tile exercise hereof for any
purpose, nor shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the
Holder, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right
to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to
stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any
corporate action (whether upon any recapitalization, issuance of stock,
reclassification of stock, change of par value, or change of stock to no par
value, consolidation, merger, conveyance, or otherwise) or to receive notice of
meetings, or to receive dividends or subscription rights or otherwise until the
Warrant shall have been exercised and the shares of Common Stock purchasable
upon the exercise hereof shall have been issued, as provided herein.


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                  7. TRANSFER OF WARRANT

                           (a) WARRANT REGISTER. The Company will maintain a
register (the "Warrant Register") containing the names and addresses of the
Holder or Holders. Any Holder of this Warrant or any portion thereof may change
his address as shown on the Warrant Register by written notice to the Company
requesting such change. Any notice or written communication required or
permitted to be given to the Holder may be delivered or given by mail to such
Holder as shown on the Warrant Register and at the address shown on the Warrant
Register. Until this Warrant is transferred on the Warrant Register of the
Company, the Company may treat the Holder as shown on the Warrant Register as
the absolute owner of this Warrant for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice
to the contrary.

                           (b) WARRANT AGENT. The Company may, by written notice
to the Holder, appoint an agent for the purpose of maintaining the Warrant
Register referred to in Section 7(a) above, issuing the Common Stock or other
securities then issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant, exchanging this
Warrant, replacing this Warrant, or any or all of the foregoing. Thereafter, any
such registration, issuance, exchange, or replacement, as the case may be, shall
be made at the office of such agent.

                           (c) TRANSFERABILITY AND NONNEGOTIABILITY OF WARRANT.
This Warrant may not be transferred or assigned in whole or in part without
compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws by the
transferor and the transferee (including the delivery of investment
representation letters and legal opinions reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, if such are requested by the Company). Subject to the provisions of
this Warrant with respect to compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"), title to this Warrant may be transferred by endorsement (by
the Holder executing the Assignment Form annexed hereto) and delivery in the
same manner as a negotiable instrument transferable by endorsement and delivery.

                           (d) EXCHANGE OF WARRANT UPON A TRANSFER. On surrender
of this Warrant for exchange, properly endorsed on the Assignment Form and
subject to the provisions of this Warrant with respect to compliance with the
Act and with the limitations on assignments and transfers and contained in this
Section 7, the Company at its expense shall issue to or on the order of the
Holder a new warrant or warrants of like tenor, in the name of the Holder or as
the Holder (on payment by the Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may
direct, for the number of shares issuable upon exercise thereof.

                           (e) COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAW.

                                    (i) The Holder of this Warrant, by
acceptance hereof, acknowledges that this Warrant and the shares of Common Stock
to be issued upon exercise hereof or conversion thereof are being acquired
solely for the Holder's own account and not as a nominee for any other party,
and for investment, and that the Holder will not offer, sell, or otherwise
dispose of this Warrant or any shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise
hereof or conversion thereof except under circumstances that will not result in
a violation of the Act or any state securities laws. Upon exercise of this
Warrant, the Holder shall, if requested by the Company, confirm in writing, in
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Common Stock so purchased are being acquired solely for the Holder's own account
and not as a nominee for any other party, for investment, and not with a view
toward distribution or resale.

                                    (ii) This Warrant and all shares of Common
Stock issued upon exercise hereof or conversion thereof shall be stamped or
imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form (in addition to any
legend required by state securities laws):

                           THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED
                           FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
                           SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, SUCH SECURITIES AND ANY
                           SECURITIES OR SHARES ISSUED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER
                           MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
                           REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID
                           ACT. COPIES OF THE AGREEMENT COVERING THE PURCHASE OF
                           THESE SECURITIES AND RESTRICTING THEIR TRANSFER OR
                           SALE MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST
                           MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD HEREOF TO THE SECRETARY
                           OF THE COMPANY AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF
                           THE COMPANY.

                  8. RESERVATION OF STOCK. The Company covenants that during the
Term this Warrant is exercisable, the Company will reserve from its authorized
and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the
issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant (and shares of its
Common Stock for issuance on conversion of such Common Stock) and, from time to
time, will take all steps necessary to amend its Certificate of Incorporation
(the "Certificate") to provide sufficient reserves of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrant (and shares of its Common Stock for
issuance on Conversion of such Common Stock). The Company further covenants that
all shares that may be issued upon the exercise of rights represented by this
Warrant, upon exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant and payment of
the Exercise Price, all as set forth herein, will be free from all taxes, liens,
and charges in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any
transfer occurring contemporaneously or otherwise specified herein). The Company
agrees that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its
officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to
execute and issue the necessary certificates for shares of Common Stock upon the
exercise of this Warrant.

                  9. NOTICES.

                           (a) Whenever the Exercise Price or number of shares
purchasable hereunder shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 11 hereof, the
Company shall issue a certificate signed by its Chief Financial Officer setting
forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring the adjustment, the amount of
the adjustment, the method by which such adjustment was calculated and the
Exercise Price and number of shares purchasable hereunder after giving effect to
such adjustment, and shall cause a copy of such certificate to be mailed (by
first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder of this Warrant.


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                           (b) In case:

                                    (i) the Company shall take a record of the
holders of its Common Stock (or other stock or securities at the time receivable
upon the exercise of this Warrant) for the purpose of entitling them to receive
any dividend or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for or purchase
any shares of stock of any class or any other securities, or to receive any
other right, or

                                    (ii) of any capital reorganization of the
Company, any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation, or any
conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another
corporation, or

                                    (iii) of any voluntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding-up of the Company, then, and in each such case, the
Company will mail or cause to be mailed to the Holder or Holders a notice
specifying, as the case may be, (A) the date on which a record is to be taken
for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and stating the amount
and character of such dividend, distribution or right, or (B) the date on which
such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is to take place, and the time, if any is
to be fixed, as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such stock or
securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be
entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other stock or
securities) for securities or other property deliverable upon such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Such notice shall be mailed at least 15
days prior to the date therein specified.

                           (c) All such notices, advices and communications
shall be deemed to have been received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on
the date of such delivery and (ii) in the case of mailing, on the third business
day following the date of such mailing.

                  10. AMENDMENTS. This Warrant and any term hereof may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing
signed by the party against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge
or termination is sought.

                  11. ADJUSTMENT. The Exercise Price and the number of shares
purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

                  11.1 MERGER, SALE OF ASSETS, ETC.

                  (a) If at any time, while this Warrant, or any portion
thereof, is outstanding and unexpired there shall be (i) a reorganization (other
than a combination, reclassification, exchange or subdivision of shares
otherwise provided for herein), (ii) a merger or consolidation of the Company
with or into another corporation in which the Company is not the surviving
entity, or a reverse triangular merger in which the Company is the surviving
entity but the shares of the Company's capital stock outstanding immediately
prior to the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property,
whether in the form of securities, cash, or otherwise, or (iii) a sale or
transfer of the Company's properties and assets as, or substantially as, an
entirety to any other person, then, as a part of such reorganization, merger,
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lawful provision shall be made so that the holder of this Warrant shall
thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant, during the
period specified herein and upon payment of the Exercise Price then in effect,
the number of shares of stock or other securities or property of the successor
corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or
transfer which a holder of the shares deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant
would have been entitled to receive in such reorganization, consolidation,
merger, sale or transfer if this Warrant had been exercised immediately before
such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer, all subject to
further adjustment as provided in this Section 11. The foregoing provisions of
this Section 11.1 shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations,
consolidations, mergers, sales and transfers and to the stock or securities of
any other corporation which are at the time receivable upon the exercise of this
Warrant. If the per share consideration payable to the holder hereof for shares
in connection with any such transaction is in a form other than cash or
marketable securities, then the value of such consideration shall be determined
in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors. In all events, appropriate
adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors)
shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Warrant with respect
to the rights and interests of the Holder after the transaction, to the end that
the provisions of this Warrant shall be applicable after that event, as near as
reasonably may be, in relation to any shares or other property deliverable after
that event upon exercise of this

                  (b) NOTICES OF RECORD DATE. In the event that the Company
shall propose at any time to merge with or into any other corporation, or sell,
lease or convey all or substantially all its property or business, or to
liquidate, dissolve or wind up, then the Company shall send to the holder of
this Warrant at least 20 days' prior written notice of the date on which a
record shall be taken for determining rights to vote in respect of such event.

                  11.2 RECLASSIFICATION, ETC. If the Company at any time while
this Warrant, or any portion thereof remains outstanding and unexpired shall, by
reclassification of securities or otherwise, change any of the securities as to
which purchase rights under this Warrant exist into the same or a different
number of securities of any other class or classes, this Warrant shall
thereafter represent the right to acquire such number and kind of securities as
would have been issuable as the result of such change with respect to the
securities which were subject to the purchase rights under this Warrant
immediately prior to such reclassification or other change and the Exercise
Price therefor shall be appropriately adjusted, all subject to further
adjustment as provided in Section 11.

                  11.3 SPLIT, SUBDIVISION OR COMBINATION OF SHARES. If the
Company at any time while this Warrant, or any portion thereof, remains
outstanding and unexpired shall split, subdivide or combine the securities as to
which purchase rights under this Warrant exist, into a different number of
securities of the same class, the Exercise Price for such securities shall be
proportionately decreased in the case of a split or subdivision or
proportionately increased in the case of a combination.

                  11.4 ADJUSTMENTS FOR DIVIDENDS IN STOCK OR OTHER SECURITIES OR
PROPERTY. If while this Warrant, or any portion hereof, remains outstanding and
unexpired the holders of the securities as to which purchase rights under this
Warrant exist at the time shall have received, or, on or after the record date
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become entitled to receive, without payment therefor, other or additional stock
or other securities or property (other than cash) of the Company by way of
dividend, then and in each case, this Warrant shall represent the right to
acquire, in addition to the number of shares of the security receivable upon
exercise of this Warrant, and without payment of any additional consideration
therefor, the amount of such other or additional stock or other securities or
property (other than cash) of the Company which such holder would hold on the
date of such exercise had it been the holder of record of the security
receivable upon exercise of this Warrant on the date hereof and had thereafter,
during the period from the date hereof to and including the date of such
exercise, retained such shares and/or all other additional stock available by it
as aforesaid during such period, giving effect to all adjustments called for
during such period by the provisions of this Section 11.

                  11.5 CERTIFICATE AS TO ADJUSTMENTS. Upon the occurrence of
each adjustment or readjustment pursuant to this Section 11, the Company at its
expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance
with the terms hereof and furnish to each holder of this Warrant a certificate
setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts
upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall, upon the
written request, at any time, of any such holder, furnish or cause to be
furnished to such holder a like certificate setting forth: (i) such adjustments
and readjustments; (ii) the Exercise Price at the time in effect; and (iii) the
number of shares and the amount, if any, of other property which at the time
would be received upon the exercise of the Warrant.

                  11.6 NO IMPAIRMENT. The Company will not, by any voluntary
action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms
to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in
good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Section 11
and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order
to protect the rights of the holders of this Warrant against impairment.

                  12. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. Upon exercise of this Warrant, the
Holder shall have and be entitled to exercise, together with all other holders
of Registrable Securities possessing registration rights under Section 3.8 of
that certain Merger Agreement, dated July 23, 1999, among the Company, VM1
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation ("VM1"), and Mariner Systems, Inc., a
Colorado corporation, as amended by that certain Assignment and Assumption
Agreement, dated August 2, 1999, by and between VM1 and VM4 Acquisition Corp., a
Delaware corporation (as amended, the "Merger Agreement"), the rights of
registration granted under Section 3.8 of the Merger Agreement to Registrable
Securities (with respect to the Shares issued on exercise of this Warrant). By
its execution of this Agreement, Holder agrees to be bound by the terms of
Section 3.8 of the Merger Agreement upon exercise of this Warrant as a party
thereto.

                  13. MISCELLANEOUS.

                  (a) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.

                  (b) ATTORNEYS' FEES. If any party to this Agreement shall
take any action to enforce this Agreement or bring any action or commence any
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any other party, declaratory or otherwise, arising out of this Agreement, the
losing party shall pay to the prevailing party a reasonable sum for attorneys'
and experts' fees and costs incurred in taking such action, bringing such suit
and/or enforcing any judgment granted therein, all of which shall be deemed to
have accrued upon the commencement of such action and shall be paid whether or
not such action is prosecuted to judgment. Any judgment or order entered in
such action shall contain a specific provision providing for the recovery of
attorneys' and experts' fees and costs due hereunder shall be determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction and not by a jury. For the purposes of this
Section, attorneys' and experts' fees and costs shall include, without
limitation, fees incurred in the following: (a) postjudgment motions; (b)
contempt proceedings; (c) garnishment, levy, and debtor and third party
examinations; (d) discovery; and (e) bankruptcy litigation.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, COMPANY has caused this Warrant to be
executed by its officers thereunto duly authorized.


Dated: August 6, 1999


HOLDER:                                        By: /s/ Joel Harris
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                                                    PRESIDENT & CEO



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