| | Exhibit
31.1 | 
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to
Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

| | I,
Dale L. Fuller, certify that: | 
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| | 1. | I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Borland Software Corporation (registrant); | 
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| | 2. | Based
on my knowledge, this 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; | 
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| | 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 periods presented in this
report; | 
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| | 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)) for the registrant and have: | 
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| | 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; | 
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| | 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 | 
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| | c) | Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrants internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal 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 | 
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| | 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 the registrants
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): | 
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| | 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 | 
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| | 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. | 
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| | Date: | August 14, 2003 | 
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| |  | /s/ DALE L. FULLER                  | 
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| |  | Dale L. Fuller                      | 
| |  | Chief Executive Officer & President |