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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): August 14, 2002

|Borland Software Corporation                      
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|(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

|Delaware                                       |  | 0-16096                  |  | 94-2895440                       
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|(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |  | (Commission File Number) |  | (IRS Employer Identification No.)

|100 Enterprise Way, Scotts Valley, California 95066-3249                      
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|(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                            (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (831) 431-1000

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|(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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| | Item 7. | Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits. | 
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| |  | (c) | Exhibits
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| |  | 99.1 | Certification of Dale L. Fuller, Chief Executive
Officer of Borland Software Corporation, Regarding Facts and Circumstances
Relating to Exchange Act Filings.    | 
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| |  | 99.2 | Certification of Frederick A. Ball, Chief Financial
Officer of Borland Software Corporation, Regarding Facts and Circumstances
Relating to Exchange Act Filings. | 

| | Item 9. | Regulation FD Disclosure. | 
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| | On August 14, 2002, Borland Software Corporation filed as exhibits to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q conformed copies of
certifications signed by Dale L. Fuller, its Chief Executive Officer, and Frederick A. Ball, its Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Conformed copies of the certifications are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2.
The information in this report and the exhibits attached hereto are being furnished pursuant to Regulation FD of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company
for purposes of § 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. | 
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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. | 
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| |  | BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION | 
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| | Date: August 15, 2002 | By: /s/ KEITH E. GOTTFRIED                                                                                         | 
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| |                       | Name: Keith E. Gottfried                                                                                           | 
| |                       | Title: Senior Vice PresidentLaw & Corporate Affairs,
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Legal Officer | 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

| | Exhibit Number |  | Description                                                                                                                                                      | 
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| |                |  |                                                                                                                                                                  | 
| | 99.1           |  | Certification of Dale L. Fuller, Chief Executive
Officer of Borland Software Corporation, Regarding Facts and Circumstances
Relating to Exchange Act Filings.    | 
| | 99.2           |  | Certification of Frederick A. Ball, Chief Financial
Officer of Borland Software Corporation, Regarding Facts and Circumstances
Relating to Exchange Act Filings. | 

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