EXHIBIT 31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 
Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Kenneth R. Hahn, certify that:

1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Borland Software Corporation;

2.  Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period covered by this report;

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the period presented in this report;

4.  The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)):

a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report
our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and

c)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred
during registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.  The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and

b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role
in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

|Date:  August 9, 2004 |                                                
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|                      | /s/  KENNETH R. HAHN                           
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|                      | Kenneth R. Hahn                                
|                      | Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer