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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): May 23, 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
5.        Other Events.
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| | On May 23, 2002, Borland Software Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
acquired substantially all of the assets of Highlander Engineering, Inc., a
Florida corporation, pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement. A copy of the
related press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K. | 
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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 | Press Release issued May 28, 2002.
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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: May 29, 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           |  | Press Release dated May 28, 2002. | 

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