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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.29

November 10, 1998


Mr. Vincent Mifsud
2106 Brays Lane
Oakville, Ontario
L6M 2T1

Dear Vince:

I am very pleased to offer you employment with our team at Pivotal Software Inc.
("Pivotal"). Following are the terms of your employment, as we have discussed:

1.     Your position at Pivotal will be Chief Financial Officer and Vice
       President, Operations to be located in North Vancouver, B. C. You will
       report to the President and CEO.

2.     Your salary will be Cdn $150,000 per year, payable semi-monthly.

3.     You will be entitled to earn additional incentive compensation of US
       $50,000 in the first year of your employment based on Pivotal achieving
       its corporate revenue and profit objectives. The revenue and profit
       objectives which determine how your incentive compensation is earned is
       established by Pivotal's Board of Directors, based on Pivotal's fiscal
       year which ends on June 30. Your incentive compensation will be paid
       thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter. In the first year of
       employment, we will provide a non-repayable monthly draw of US $3,125
       against the incentive payable.

4.     You are required to provide an automobile in order to conduct business
       and negotiate contracts on behalf of Pivotal. You will pay the costs of
       operating the vehicle, however you will be given a car allowance of Cdn
       $1,500 per month in respect of such business use of your car.

5.     Your employment will commence on November 16, 1998 or at such other
       mutually agreed date, but in no event shall your employment commence
       later than December 1, 1998.

6.     You will be entitled to four weeks paid vacation per annum plus statutory
       holidays.

7.     As a condition of employment, you are required to participate in the
       Pivotal employee benefits plan. Details of this plan are available for
       you to review. In summary, under this plan you are required to pay the
       premiums for basic MSP and Long Term Disability, whereas Pivotal pays the
       total premium for Extended Health, Dental and Life Insurance. The
       foregoing is subject to you confirming that neither you nor any eligible
       member has any unusual health condition that would significantly affect
       Pivotal's premiums or your eligibility, and is subject to you being
       accepted by Pivotal's third party



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       health and life insurers. You are entitled to a maximum of eight days of
       sick leave per annum without loss of pay. You may not accrue sick leave
       from year to year.

8.     As a condition of your employment, you are required to sign an agreement
       of confidentiality and acknowledge that the intellectual property which
       results from your employment is owned by Pivotal. In addition, should
       your employment by Pivotal terminate for any reason, the agreement
       prohibits you from interfering with the employees, customers or business
       of Pivotal for a period of time following the cessation of employment.
       Two copies are attached for your signature.

9.     Subject to approval by Pivotal's Board of Directors, you will be granted
       an option to purchase 160,000 voting common shares of Pivotal at a price
       of Cdn $8.00 per share in accordance with the provisions of the Pivotal
       Incentive Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). This option will be effective
       December 1, 1998. The option vests over a period of four years in
       accordance with the provisions of the Plan. There are certain rights and
       restrictions attached to this option which are outlined in detail in the
       Plan documents which are available for your review.

       In the event that substantially all of the shares or assets of Pivotal
       are acquired by a third party as result of a corporate acquisition, and,
       as a result of such acquisition, your employment is terminated without
       cause, the standard vesting clause for your share options shall be
       adjusted as follows:

       (i)    In the event that such acquisition occurs within the first year of
              your employment, then 80,000 of the options shall vest
              immediately, and the remainder shall be canceled.

       (ii)   In the event that such acquisition occurs during years two through
              four, one-half of the options (of the original 160,000) that
              remain unvested at the time of the acquisition shall vest
              immediately, and the remainder shall be canceled.

10.    As a condition of your employment, you agree in advance to relocate to
       Pivotal's office in North Vancouver, B. C. Pivotal will reimburse you for
       reasonable documented costs of relocating you, your family and household
       goods. We anticipate that your family will relocate to Vancouver in
       January 1999. As part of your relocation reimbursement, we agree to pay
       one-half of the lease payments remaining on your current residence
       subsequent to your family's relocation. We understand that this
       re-imbursement will be in the Cdn $10,000 to $15,000 range. In the event
       that you voluntarily resign your employment with Pivotal within one year
       of your date of employment, you are obligated to reimburse Pivotal for
       the amount of the relocation costs paid by Pivotal on your behalf.

       If for any reason you do not relocate, your employment by Pivotal may be
       terminated without cause and without notice of termination or severance
       pay in lieu of notice.

This offer of employment is open for your acceptance until Wednesday, November
11, 1998. Please sign the attached copy of this letter and the Employee
Confidentiality Agreement to indicate your agreement, and return the signed
copies to us.



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We look forward to you joining us in our quest to build a major software
company, and we look forward to a long and mutually rewarding relationship.

Yours very truly,



Norm Francis
President & CEO
                                         I agree with and accept the above terms
:jll                               and conditions of employment.
Encs.

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                                         Vincent Mifsud

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