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             EXHIBIT 10(i) TO SYMIX SYSTEMS, INC. 1998 FORM 10-K
                                       
                             SECOND AMENDMENT TO 
               PROGRESS SOFTWARE APPLICATION PARTNER AGREEMENT

     SECOND AMENDMENT to the Progress Software Corporation Application 
Partner Agreement is effective as of the 1st day of July, 1998 ("Effective 
Date"), by and between Progress Software Corporation, a Massachusetts 
corporation with its principal place of business at 14 Oak Park, Bedford, 
Massachusetts 01730 ("PSC") and Symix Computer Systems, Inc., an Ohio 
corporation with its principal place of business at 2800 Corporate Exchange 
Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43231 ("AP" or "Symix").

     WHEREAS, PSC and AP entered into a Progress Software Application Partner 
Agreement effective as of February 8, 1995 (the "Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS, PSC and AP previously amended the Agreement by entering into an 
Amendment to the Agreement as of July 1, 1997 specifying special pricing for 
designated PSC products distributed by AP in conjunction with certain AP 
PROGRESS-based applications (the "Amendment");

     WHEREAS, AP desires to expand the geographic scope of the special 
pricing terms and conditions in the Amendment to apply on a worldwide basis, 
to specify additional terms and conditions pursuant to which AP will have the 
right to copy and distribute an evaluation version of certain PSC products in 
combination with an evaluation version of AP's PROGRESS-based application(s), 
and to obtain the right to distribute the WebSpeed transaction server product 
in conjunction with AP's SyteWeb application;

     WHEREAS, PSC is willing to agree, subject to the terms and conditions 
contained herein, to such expansion in the geographic territory of the 
special pricing terms and conditions in the Amendment, to grant AP the 
above-mentioned rights to copy and distribute the evaluation version of the 
designated PSC products, and to allow AP to distribute the WebSpeed 
transaction server product in conjunction with AP's SyteWeb application;

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

1.   Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Second Amendment shall 
     have the same meaning as in the Agreement or the Amendment.

2.   The terms and conditions of the Amendment shall continue in force during
     the term of this Second Amendment subject to the following:

     a.   Section 4(a) of the Amendment limits the territory for the special
          pricing terms and conditions specified therein to North America.  The
          parties agree that, as of the Effective Date of this Second Amendment,
          the territory will be expanded to apply on a worldwide basis.


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     b.   Section 4(b) of the Amendment specifies that: (i) AP has sole
          discretion to establish and maintain a price schedule for the Covered
          Application, (ii) AP is required to provide PSC with a copy of the
          price schedule and written notice of any updates thereto, and (iii)
          PSC has the right to modify AP's license and maintenance royalty
          formulas in the event AP substantially alters its pricing model,
          provided that such adjusted royalty formulas are not significantly
          different from the formulas set forth in the Amendment. In addition to
          the requirements already established under Section 4(b), in the event
          AP has different price schedules for installation locations outside
          the United States, AP shall provide PSC with a copy of each price
          schedule and written notice of any updates thereto.

     c.   Section 4(c) of the Amendment states that the use of the Selected PSC
          Products by AP's customers shall be subject to the terms and
          conditions of PSC's End-User Product License Agreement. Such End-User
          Product License Agreement accompanies each Selected PSC Product.  A
          copy of such End-User Product License Agreement was to be attached to
          the Amendment as Exhibit D; however, said Exhibit D was inadvertently
          omitted from the list of Exhibits attached to the Amendment.  A copy
          of PSC's current End-User Product License Agreement for the Selected
          PSC Products is attached hereto.  Such End-User Product License
          Agreement is subject to change by PSC from time to time without notice
          to AP.  In accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 3.3 of
          the Agreement, AP shall deliver each PSC Product to its customers
          unopened with the above-mentioned End-User Product License Agreement
          in tact.

     d.   Sections 4(d), 4(e), and 4(f) specify the license royalty, maintenance
          royalty, and upgrade royalty arrangements respectively.  The terms and
          conditions set forth in Sections 4(d), 4(e), and 4(f) shall remain the
          same, except that:

          (i)  The annual revenue goal specified in the last paragraph of
               Section 4(d) shall be increased from US$1,920,000 to
               US$2,500,000.  In the event AP pays royalties to PSC for initial
               license, initial maintenance and upgrade fees in excess of
               US$2,500,000 in any one year period beginning on July 1st of each
               year and ending on June 30th of the following year, the royalty
               rate on such license and upgrade fees will drop from 17% to 16%
               for orders processed during the remainder of such one year
               period.  Any royalties paid by AP to PSC or a PSC subsidiary for
               initial license, initial maintenance and upgrade fees on Selected
               PSC products ordered by AP for installation at an AP customer
               location outside of North America shall be applied to the 
               above-mentioned goal (except for orders placed by AP through a 
               PSC distributor).  AP's performance in relation to the 
               above-mentioned annual revenue goal will be monitored by PSC's 
               Bedford, Massachusetts headquarters.  AP shall be responsible for
               promptly reporting to PSC's Bedford, Massachusetts headquarters 
               any royalties paid by AP to a PSC subsidiary which, pursuant to 
               the provisions above, should be counted toward the annual revenue
               goal.


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          (ii) For each Covered Application license installed at an AP customer
               location outside of the United States, the royalty formulas
               specified in Sections 4(d), 4(e) and 4(t) shall be applied to the
               total local sales price for the Symix portion of the Covered
               Application (if different from AP's U.S. sales price).

     e.   Section 5 of the Amendment states, in the first sentence, that the
          terms and conditions of the Amendment shall only apply to AP's
          distribution of the Selected PSC Products in conjunction with the
          Covered Applications solely in North America.  The territory
          limitation shall no longer apply.  The requirement that the Selected
          PSC Products be distributed in conjunction with the Covered
          Applications will continue in full force and effect.  The remaining
          provisions of Section 5 of the Amendment concerning the purchase of
          licenses of PSC products not covered under the definition of "Selected
          PSC Products" shall remain in effect.

     f.   Section 7 of the Amendment specifies the ordering, payment and
          reporting procedures for the Selected PSC products ordered and
          deployed by AP in conjunction with each Covered Application(s)
          license.  As of the Effective Date of this Second Amendment, the
          ordering, payment and reporting procedures specified in Section 7 
          of the Amendment will be replaced with the following procedures:


          INSTALLATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA:

               SELECTED PSC PRODUCT ORDERS:  For each AP customer location in
               North America requiring Selected PSC Products in conjunction with
               the Covered Applications(s), AP shall order such Selected PSC
               Products from PSC's United States headquarters in Bedford,
               Massachusetts ("PSC Headquarters").  With each order, AP shall
               provide PSC with the following information: the customer name,
               address, number of users, AP's Net License Fee, PSC's Product
               Royalty calculated in accordance with Section 4(d) of the
               Amendment.  PSC shall invoice AP for the Product Royalty owed to
               PSC under each order.

               ORDERS FOR RENEWAL MAINTENANCE:  For each Covered Application(s)
               license installation in North America requiring a renewal PSC
               maintenance term pursuant to Section 4(e)(ii) of the Amendment
               (provided that such maintenance is generally offered by PSC to
               its customers), AP shall submit an order to PSC Headquarters
               within thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the current
               maintenance term.  In each such order, AP shall provide PSC with
               the following information:  the customer name, location, number
               of users, PSC product serial number(s), the original Net License
               Fee of the Covered Application(s) licensed to the AP customer,
               and PSC's Maintenance Royalty calculated in accordance with
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               Amendment.  PSC shall invoice AP for the Maintenance Royalty 
               owed to PSC under each order.
               
               ORDERS FOR UPGRADES TO THE SELECTED PSC PRODUCT(S):  For each
               Covered Application(s) installation in North America requiring an
               increase in the user count of the Selected PSC Product(s) or a
               generally available update to the Selected PSC Product(s), AP
               shall submit an order to PSC Headquarters.  Such order shall
               include: the customer name, location, PSC product serial
               number(s), current number of users, number of users after the
               increase (if applicable), the version of the Selected PSC
               Products ordered (if ordering an update), PSC Product Royalty and
               PSC Maintenance Royalty in accordance with Sections 4(d) and
               4(e)(ii) of the Amendment (if additional license and/or
               maintenance revenue is generated by AP from the user count
               increase or the update).  PSC shall invoice AP for the Product
               and/or Maintenance Royalties owed to PSC under each order.

               REPORTING OF UPGRADES TO THE COVERED APPLICATION(S):  In
               accordance with Section 4(f) of the Amendment, PSC is entitied to
               a Product Royalty payment on any license and maintenance revenue
               obtained by AP from upgrades to the Covered Applications, even if
               such upgrades do not involve upgrades to the Selected PSC
               Products.  If AP performs an upgrade to a Covered Application(s)
               license which does not require an order for an upgrade to the
               Selected PSC Products, and license and/or maintenance revenue is
               generated from such upgrade, AP shall immediately report to PSC
               the following information regarding the upgrade to the Covered
               Application(s) license: customer name, location, PSC serial
               number(s), PSC Product Royalty and Maintenance Royalty in
               accordance with Sections 4(d) and 4(e)(ii) of the Amendment (if
               additional license and/or maintenance revenue is generated by AP
               from the upgrade).  Upon receipt of the report from AP, PSC shall
               invoice AP for the Product and/or Maintenance Royalties owed to
               PSC in connection with each reported upgrade.

               PAYMENT OF INVOICES:  AP shall pay all invoices within thirty
               (30) days of the invoice date provided AP meets PSC's credit
               requirements.  Otherwise, payment shall be made in advance or on
               a C.O.D. basis.  Interest shall accrue on any delinquent amounts
               owed by AP for PSC products at the lesser of eighteen percent
               (18%) per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable usury
               law.

          INSTALLATIONS IN PSC SUBSIDIARY COUNTRIES:

               The ordering, payment and reporting obligations shall be the same
               as those set forth above, except that all orders for Selected PSC
               Products to be installed in a local PSC subsidiary country shall
               be placed with the local 


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               PSC subsidiary, all upgrade reports delivered to the local PSC 
               subsidiary, and all invoices generated by the local PSC 
               subsidiary. AP shall make all payments to the local PSC 
               subsidiary in the currency specified in the invoice.

          INSTALLATIONS OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA AND OUTSIDE OF A PSC SUBSIDIARY
          COUNTRY:

               For AP customer installation locations outside of North America
               and outside a PSC subsidiary location, AP shall have the option
               of:  (a) ordering Selected PSC Products from PSC under the
               special royalty arrangements set forth in the Amendment and this
               Second Amendment by following the ordering, payment and reporting
               obligations described above for installations in North America,
               or (b) ordering the Selected PSC Products from a local PSC
               distributor.  If AP elects to order the Selected PSC Products
               through a PSC distributor, then such order shall be subject to
               the PSC distributor's then-current pricing and shall not be
               subject to the special terms and conditions set forth in the
               Amendment and this Second Amendment.


     g.   Section 8 of the Amendment specifies the conversion options available
          for AP's existing customers who have purchased PROGRESS-based Symix
          applications which incorporate PROGRESS Version 6 or an earlier
          PROGRESS version and who desire to upgrade to the Covered Applications
          including the Selected PSC Products.  The terms and conditions set
          forth in Section 8 shall remain the same, except that, for purpose of
          clarification, the one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) per user
          conversion fee referenced in Section 8 of the Amendment shall be
          calculated in U.S. dollars regardless of the installation location.
     
     h.   Section 11 of the Amendment specifies the term of the Agreement and
          the Amendment.  The Agreement is scheduled to terminate as of July 1,
          1998, and pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 11 of the
          Amendment, the Amendment would automatically terminate upon
          termination of the Agreement.  The term of the Agreement shall be
          extended on an indefinite basis subject to termination pursuant to
          Article 10 of the Agreement.  Except as otherwise specified in this
          paragraph 2(h), the terms and conditions of Section 11 of the
          Amendment shall continue in full force and effect.

     i.   Exhibit A of the Amendment was supposed to list the PSC products
          included in the definition of Selected PSC Products; however, at the
          time the Amendment was mutually-executed, the list of Selected PSC
          Products was included in Exhibit B rather than Exhibit A.  Thus, all
          references Selected PSC Products in the Amendment and this Second
          Amendment shall mean the PSC products listed in Exhibit B to the
          Amendment.


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3.   AP agrees that all Selected PSC Product licenses delivered by AP to AP
     customers shall be in compliance with all applicable laws concerning the
     exporting, importing and re-exporting of products as referenced in the
     attachment hereto entitied "Restricted Country Groups".

4.   PSC shall provide AP with a master copy of generally available evaluation
     versions of the Selected PSC products on all available operating platforms,
     and shall grant AP a license to copy and distribute such evaluation
     versions of the Selected PSC products to AP customers in combination with
     an evaluation version of the Covered Applications subject to the following
     terms and conditions:

     a.   AP must display an evaluation agreement in a prominent location in the
          packaging and/or the installation routines, said evaluation agreement
          including terms and conditions substantially similar to those set
          forth in PSC's standard form of evaluation license agreement attached
          hereto.  Such evaluation agreement between AP and AP's customer shall
          in any event contain the following terms and conditions:

          (i)   warranty and liability limitations, confidentiality obligations
                and limitations on copying, modifying, reverse engineering, or 
                altering the evaluation software, which are no less 
                restrictive than those set forth in PSC standard evaluation 
                agreement attached hereto, with all such terms and conditions 
                applying with the same force and effect for the benefit of 
                AP's suppliers;

          (ii)  an express provision notifying the AP customer that the 
                evaluation software may contain a disabling function triggered 
                automatically upon expiration of the evaluation license period;

          (iii) a provision specifying that the evaluation software should not
                be used in connection with AP customer's regular data processing
                activities; and

          (iv) a provision stating that title to software products of AP's
               supplier, including patents, copyrights and property rights 
               applicable thereto, shall at all times remain solely and 
               exclusively with such supplier;

     b.   AP shall maintain sole control over all copies of the master media and
          shall not release any such copies to any other party, including, but
          not limited to, AP's authorized distributors and replication
          companies;

     c.   AP shall indemnify, defend and hold PSC, and its officers, directors,
          employees and agents harmless from and against any costs, damages, and
          expenses, including but not limited to reasonable attorney's fees,
          resulting from any demand, claim, or cause of action against PSC
          arising out of AP's distribution of the evaluation version of the
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     d.   Following the termination of this Second Amendment, AP shall
          immediately return to PSC all master copies of the evaluation software
          for the Selected PSC Products.

5.   Exhibit B to the Amendment shall be deemed to be updated to include AP's
     SyteWeb module which is an add-on module to AP's SyteLine application (the
     SyteLine application is already listed in Exhibit B and included in the
     definition of Covered Application).  For new Covered Application licenses
     including the SiteWeb application or existing Covered Application licenses
     where the Site Web application is provided as an add-on module, AP may
     include a WebSpeed transaction server license for 5 concurrent agents,
     subject to payment of license and maintenance royalties on the total sales
     price for SiteWeb application in accordance with the terms and conditions
     of the Amendment and this Second Amendment.  Any increases to the
     concurrent agent count for the WebSpeed transaction server licenses shall
     be subject to PSC's then-current standard license and maintenance fees,
     less then applicable AP discounts.

6.   The term of this Second Amendment shall commence as of the Effective Date
     defined above, and shall continue in force until the termination of the
     Amendment pursuant to Section 11 of the Amendment (as modified by Section
     2(h) above).

7.   Except as may be modified or amended by this Second Amendment, the terms
     and conditions of the Agreement (as previously amended by the Amendment)
     shall remain in effect until the termination of the Agreement.  No other
     modifications or additions are made to the Agreement.  The Agreement,
     Amendment, and this Second Amendment constitute the entire agreement
     between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.  In the
     event of conflict among the terms and conditions of the Agreement, the
     Amendment, or this Second Amendment, the order of precedence shall be: 
     first, this Second Amendment, second, the Amendment, and third and finally,
     the Agreement.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Second Amendment has been executed under seal 
for and on behalf of each of the parties hereto by their duly authorized 
representative as of the date first set forth above.


PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION   SYMIX COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.


By:    /s/ David Vesty                   By:    /s/ Lawrence DeLeon
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Name:  David Vesty                      Name:   Lawrence DeLeon    
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Title: Vice  President                   Title: CFO
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