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                                 UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)
     [X]  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
          THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 1998

                                       OR

     [_]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
          THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                        Commission File Number: 0-28900

                                        
                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          Delaware                                            93-1064214
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(State or other jurisdiction of                              (IRS Employer
 incorporation or organization)                            Identification No.)


5500 Flatiron Parkway, Boulder, Colorado                         80301
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(Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip Code)


                                 (303) 473-9118
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months  (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.  YES    X    NO
                                         -----     -----

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of
common stock, as of the latest practicable date.


             Class                          Outstanding at June 30, 1998
             -----                          ----------------------------
    Common Stock, $0.001 par value                   10,292,244
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                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                   FORM 10-Q
                                        
                                 INDEX



                                                                        Page No.
                                                                        --------

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.   Consolidated Financial Statements:
 
            Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 1997
            and June 30, 1998...........................................   2
 
            Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine
            months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998.........................   3
 
            Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the
            nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998....................   4
 
          Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements....................   5
 
Item 2.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
          Condition and Results of Operations...........................   7
 
Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk....  22
 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 2.   Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds.....................  23
Item 5    Other Information.............................................  23
Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K..............................  23
 
SIGNATURES..............................................................  25
 

                                       1.
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                            ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                        
                      CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                        
                                  (IN THOUSANDS)
                                        


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  SEPTEMBER 30,          JUNE 30,
                                                                     1997(1)               1998
                                                               ---------------      ---------------
                                                                                       (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                                              <C>                  <C>
                            ASSETS
Current assets:
   Cash, cash equivalents and short term investments...........        $35,737              $31,857
   Accounts receivable, net....................................          6,585                6,904
   Prepaid and other current assets............................          1,255                2,612
                                                                       -------              -------
 
   Total current assets........................................         43,577               41,373
 
Furniture, fixtures and equipment, net.........................          4,186                5,681
Other assets, net..............................................          2,255                3,790
                                                                       -------              -------
 
   Total assets................................................        $50,018              $50,844
                                                                       =======              =======
 
               LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
   Accounts payable............................................        $   816              $   876
   Accrued expenses............................................          2,624                1,793
   Deferred revenue............................................          6,105                6,714
   Current portion of long-term obligations....................            202                  177
                                                                       -------              -------
   Total current liabilities...................................          9,747                9,560
 
Long-term obligations, less current portion....................            351                   10
                                                                       -------              -------
   Total liabilities...........................................         10,098                9,570
                                                                       -------              -------
Stockholders' equity:
   Common stock................................................              9                    9
     Additional paid-in capital................................         36,709               37,211
   Retained earnings...........................................          3,322                4,160
   Cumulative translation adjustment...........................           (120)                (106)
                                                                       -------              -------
   Total stockholders' equity..................................         39,920               41,274
                                                                       -------              -------
   Total liabilities and stockholders' equity..................        $50,018              $50,844
                                                                       =======              =======
</TABLE>
(1)  Restated for pooling of interests.  See note 3.

                            See accompanying notes.

                                       2.
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                            ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                        
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                                        
                 (in thousands, except per share data, unaudited)
                                        
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                             NINE MONTHS 
                                                                THREE MONTHS ENDED              ENDED    
                                                                     JUNE 30,                  JUNE 30,   
                                                            ------------------------   -----------------------
                                                               1997 (1)      1998       1997 (1)       1998
                                                              ----------  -----------  -----------  ----------
<S>                                                           <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>
Revenue:
 License revenue............................................    $ 6,396      $ 7,396      $17,021      $20,859
 Service and maintenance revenue............................      2,765        3,749        6,106       11,447
                                                                -------      -------      -------      -------
   Total revenue............................................      9,161       11,145       23,127       32,306
                                                                -------      -------      -------      -------
Cost of revenue:
 Cost of license revenue....................................        559          639        1,520        1,694
 Cost of service and maintenance revenue....................        890        1,418        1,987        3,574
                                                                -------      -------      -------      -------
   Total cost of revenue....................................      1,449        2,057        3,507        5,268
                                                                -------      -------      -------      -------
   Gross profit.............................................      7,712        9,088       19,620       27,038
                                                                -------      -------      -------      -------
 
Operating expenses:
 Product development........................................      1,966        2,853        5,540        7,706
 Sales and marketing........................................      3,895        5,107        9,810       14,345
 General and administrative.................................        906        1,065        2,681        3,186
 Merger, reorganization and relocation costs................         --          580           --        1,789
                                                                -------      -------      -------      -------
   Total operating expenses.................................      6,767        9,605       18,031       27,026
                                                                -------      -------      -------      -------
   Income (loss) from operations............................        945         (517)       1,589           12
Other income, net...........................................        479          537          938        1,715
                                                                -------      -------      -------      -------
   Income before income taxes...............................      1,424           20        2,527        1,727
Income tax expense..........................................        427            7          883          463
                                                                -------      -------      -------      -------
   Net income...............................................    $   997      $    13      $ 1,644      $ 1,264
                                                                =======      =======      =======      =======
 
Pro forma net income data:
 Income before income taxes, as reported....................    $ 1,424                   $ 2,527      $ 1,727
 Pro forma income tax expense...............................        498                       859          604
                                                                -------                   -------      -------
   Pro forma net income.....................................    $   926                   $ 1,668      $ 1,123
                                                                =======                   =======      =======
 
 Pro forma diluted earnings per share.......................      $0.09                     $0.17        $0.10
                                                                =======                   =======      =======
Basic earnings per share....................................      $0.11        $0.00        $0.22        $0.12
                                                                =======      =======      =======      =======
Diluted earnings per share..................................      $0.10        $0.00        $0.16        $0.12
                                                                =======      =======      =======      =======
Shares used in basic per share calculation..................      9,324       10,250        7,313       10,139
Shares used in diluted per share calculation................     10,417       10,660       10,001       10,817
</TABLE>

(1)  Restated for pooling of interests.  See note 3.

                            See accompanying notes.

                                       3.
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                            ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                        
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                        
                            (in thousands, unaudited)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                            NINE MONTHS
                                                                                                           ENDED JUNE 30,
                                                                                                      -----------------------
                                                                                                         1997 (1)       1998
                                                                                                      --------------  --------
<S>                                                                                                   <C>             <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
   Net income.......................................................................................       $  1,644   $ 1,264
 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
   Depreciation and amortization....................................................................          1,271     2,116
  Changes in assets and liabilities:
    Accounts receivable.............................................................................            252      (319)
    Prepaid expenses and other current assets.......................................................            230    (1,357)
    Other noncurrent assets.........................................................................           (295)   (1,977)
    Accounts payable and accrued expenses...........................................................          1,796      (771)
    Deferred  revenue...............................................................................          1,779       609
                                                                                                           --------   -------
      Net cash from operating activities............................................................          6,677      (435)
                                                                                                           --------   -------
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
   Equipment acquisitions...........................................................................         (1,730)   (3,169)
   Short-term investments...........................................................................        (25,458)   (3,213)
   Purchase of business, net of cash acquired.......................................................         (1,245)       --
                                                                                                           --------   -------
      Net cash from investing activities............................................................        (28,433)   (6,382)
                                                                                                           --------   -------
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
   Payments on long-term debt and capital lease obligations.........................................           (140)     (366)
   Net proceeds from issuance of common stock, net..................................................         25,380       352
   Payment on shareholder note receivable...........................................................             13        --
   Stock issuance costs.............................................................................             --      (177)
   Payments of dividends............................................................................            (38)     (426)
   Proceeds from exercise of stock options..........................................................            107       327
                                                                                                           --------   -------
      Net cash from financing activities............................................................         25,322      (290)
                                                                                                           --------   -------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash.............................................................              6        13
                                                                                                           --------   -------
      Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents..........................................          3,572    (7,094)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period....................................................          2,113     9,999
                                                                                                           --------   -------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period..........................................................          5,685     2,905
                                                                                                           ========   =======
</TABLE>

(1)  Restated for pooling of interests.  See note 3.


                            See accompanying notes.

                                       4.
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                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                    NOTES TO
                       CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                  (unaudited)
                                        
1.   Basis of Presentation
     The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with
     generally accepted accounting principles. However, certain information or
     footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in
     accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been
     condensed, or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the
     Securities and Exchange Commission. In the opinion of management, the
     statements include all adjustments necessary (which are of a normal and
     recurring nature) for the fair presentation of the results of the interim
     periods presented. These financial statements should be read in conjunction
     with the Company's audited consolidated financial statements for the year
     ended September 30, 1997, as included in the Company's annual report on
     Form 10-K.

2.   Earnings Per Share
     In 1997 the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of
     Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 128, "Earnings Per Share." SFAS
     No. 128 requires the replacement of previously reported primary and fully
     diluted earnings per share required by Accounting Principles Board Opinion
     No. 15 with basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share. The
     calculation of basic earnings per share includes only outstanding shares of
     common stock while diluted earnings per share includes the dilutive effect
     of stock options. Per share amounts for the three and nine months ended
     June 30, 1997 have been restated to conform to the requirements of SFAS No.
     128. There was no change in diluted earnings per share amounts compared to
     historical fully diluted amounts.
 
3.   Acquisitions
     During October 1997, the Company acquired 78% of the outstanding stock of
     HotData Inc. ("HotData") for $1.3 million in cash and can contribute up to
     a total of $2.0 million through the end of December 1998. HotData, which
     began operations in 1997, is developing technology to collect and verify
     data across the Internet. HotData is a majority-owned subsidiary with the
     financial results of such subsidiary consolidated with the Company's as of
     October 1, 1997. The Company will have the option to purchase the minority
     interest of the subsidiary during a specified time period in the future.
     Consolidated pro forma results of operations as if the acquisition had
     occurred at the beginning of fiscal year 1997 are not presented as the pro
     forma effect is not material.

     On February 27, 1998, the Company acquired all of the common stock of
     Stingray Software, Inc. (Stingray) in exchange for 1.65 million shares of
     the Company's common stock in a transaction accounted for as a pooling of
     interests. Stingray is a privately held company that develops and
     distributes development tools for Windows programmers. The Company's
     consolidated financial statements have been restated for all periods
     presented to combine the financial position, results of operations and cash
     flows of Stingray with those of the Company. All share and per share
     information has been restated for the issuance of Rogue Wave Common shares
     in the merger.

                                       5.
<PAGE>
 
4.   Recent Pronouncements
     In October 1997, the Accounting Standards Executive Committee of the
     American Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("ACSEC") issued
     Statement of Position 97-2 (SOP 97-2), Software Revenue Recognition. SOP 
     97-2 supersedes SOP 91-1. SOP 97-2 requires companies to defer revenue and
     profit recognition unless four required criteria of a sale are met. In
     addition, SOP 97-2 requires that revenue recognized from software
     arrangements be allocated to each element of the arrangement based on the
     relative fair values of the elements, such as software products, upgrades,
     enhancements, post-contract customer support, installation, or training.
     SOP 97-2 is effective for all transactions entered into in fiscal years
     beginning after December 15, 1997. Management does not believe that the
     adoption of SOP 97-2 will have a material effect on the Company's financial
     position or results of operations.

     In February 1998, the FASB issued SFAS 132, Employer's Disclosures about
     Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits, which standardizes the
     disclosure requirements for pensions and other postretirement benefits to
     the extent practicable, requires additional information and changes in the
     benefit obligations and fair values of plan assets that will facilitate
     financial analysis, and eliminates certain disclosures that are no longer
     useful. The Company will adopt SFAS 132 in its fiscal year 1998. The
     Company does not expect this new pronouncement to have a significant impact
     on the financial statements.

     In March 1998, the ACSEC issued SOP 98-1, Accounting For The Costs of
     Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use. SOP 98-1
     establishes criteria for determining which costs of developing or obtaining
     internal-use computer software should be charged to expense and which
     should be capitalized. SOP 98-1 is effective for all transactions entered
     into in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1998. Management does not
     believe that the adoption of SOP 98-1 will have a material effect on the
     Company's financial position or results of operations.

     In April 1998, the AICPA issued SOP 98-5, "Reporting on the Costs of Start-
     Up Activities," which requires costs of start-up activities and
     organization costs to be expensed as incurred. This Statement is effective
     for the Company's fiscal year 2000 financial statements and initial
     application will be reported as a cumulative effect of a change in
     accounting principle. Management does not believe that the adoption of SOP
     98-5 will have a material effect on the Company's financial position or
     results of operations.

     In June 1998, the FASB issued SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative
     Instruments and Hedging Activities, which requires that an entity recognize
     derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded
     in other contracts as either assets or liabilities and measure those
     instruments at fair value. This Statement is effective for the Company's
     fiscal year 2000 first quarter financial statements and restatement of
     prior years will not be required. The Company does not expect this new
     pronouncement to have a significant impact on the financial statements.

                                       6.
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ITEM 2 - MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
         OF OPERATIONS

     Except for the historical information contained herein, the following
discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties.  The Company's actual results could differ materially from those
discussed herein.  Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences
include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this section, as well as in
the section "Risk Factors" and "Business" in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended September 30, 1997.  Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements which reflect management's
analysis only as of the date hereof.  The Company undertakes no obligation to
publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements
which may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to
reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

OVERVIEW

     Rogue Wave was founded in 1989 to provide reusable software parts for the
development of object-oriented software applications.  The Company operated as a
Subchapter S corporation until June 1994.

     The Company has experienced significant revenue growth over the last
several years.  During fiscal 1997, the Company's revenue grew primarily from
the continued strong demand for C++ and Java-based software parts and tools and
the establishment of a consulting group based in Boulder, Colorado.  In
addition, the Company's international revenue increased from 23% in fiscal 1997
to 32% during the nine months ended June 30, 1998 due to the increased revenue
growth in the European sales channel from continued expansion of European
operations.

     To date, the Company's revenue has been derived from licenses of its
software products and related maintenance, training and consulting services.
License revenue is recognized upon execution of a license agreement and shipment
of the product if no significant contractual obligations remain and collection
of the resulting receivable is probable.  Allowances for credit risks and for
estimated future returns are provided for upon shipment.  Returns to date have
not been material.  Service and maintenance revenue consists of fees that are
charged separately from the product licenses.  Maintenance revenue consists of
fees for ongoing support and product updates and is recognized ratably over the
term of the contract, which is typically 12 months.  Service revenue consists of
training and consulting services and is recognized upon completion of the
related activity.  For all periods presented, the Company has recognized revenue
in accordance with Statement of Position 91-1, Software Revenue Recognition.
See Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

     The Company markets its products primarily through its direct sales force,
and to a lesser extent through the Internet and an indirect channel consisting
of OEMs, VARs, dealers and distributors.  The Company's direct sales force
consist of an inside telesales group that focuses on smaller orders ($50,000 or
less), and an outside sales force that focuses on larger site licenses. The
Company makes all of its products available for sale and distribution over the
Internet.  Revenue through this channel has not been significant to date, and
there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in marketing its
products through this channel.

                                       7.
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     International revenue accounted for approximately 19%, 23% and 32% of total
revenue in fiscal 1996, fiscal 1997, and the nine months ended June 30, 1998,
respectively.  In February 1997, the Company expanded its European operations by
acquiring Precision, a distributor of Rogue Wave software products in Germany,
the United Kingdom, France and the Benelux countries. The Company anticipates
further expansion in foreign countries and expects that international license
and service and maintenance revenue will account for an increasing portion of
its total revenue in the future.  The Company has committed and continues to
commit significant management time and financial resources to developing direct
and indirect international sales and support channels.  There can be no
assurance, however, that the Company will be able to maintain or increase
international market demand for its products.  To date, other than revenue
generated by the Company's European subsidiaries, the Company's international
revenue has been denominated in United States dollars. The Company has entered
into forward foreign exchange contracts to reduce the risk associated with
currency fluctuations.  Although exposure to currency fluctuations to date has
been insignificant, to the extent international revenue is denominated in local
currencies, foreign currency translations may contribute to significant
fluctuations in, and could have a material adverse effect upon, the Company's
business, financial condition and results of operations.  See "Risk Factors-
Risks Inherent in International Operations."

     The Company has developed technology relating to the collection and
verification of data across the Internet. The Company contributed such
technology, and made a funding commitment of $1.3 million on October 1, 1997 and
can contribute up to a total of $2.0 million through December 1998, to a
majority-owned subsidiary, HotData, for further development and possible
commercialization of this technology. The Company will have the option to
purchase the minority interest of the subsidiary during a specified time period
in the future. The Company expects that such subsidiary will be in the
development stage through at least fiscal 1998. There can be no assurance that
the technology developed by such subsidiary will be commercialized, and even if
it is commercialized there can be no assurance that the technology will receive
market acceptance due to the subsidiary's new and untested business model. The
financial results of HotData have been consolidated with the Company's financial
results. Accordingly, fluctuations in the operating results of HotData may have
a material adverse effect on the Company's operating results.

     In April 1997, the Company established a consulting group in Boulder,
Colorado consisting of 15 employees. The addition of these employees has
resulted in an increase in service and maintenance revenue and a corresponding
increase in the cost of service and maintenance revenue. The gross margin
associated with such consulting work has been and is expected to continue to be
lower than the Company's historical gross margin on service and maintenance
revenue. During the quarter ended March 31, 1998, the Company moved its
administrative operations from its previous location in Corvallis, Oregon to
Boulder, Colorado. The Company has incurred charges totaling approximately
$500,000 during the nine months ended June 30, 1998 in connection with this
move.

     In February 1998, the Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of
Stingray Software, Inc. (Stingray) common stock in a business combination
accounted for as a pooling of 

                                       8.
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interests for approximately 1.65 million shares of Rogue Wave common stock.
Stingray is a privately held company that develops and distributes development
tools for Windows programmers. The merger added several new product lines to
Rogue Wave's current slate of object-oriented C++ and Java TM class libraries
and builders. Stingray offers an extensive line of add-on libraries that extend
and enhance the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), providing additional,
prebuilt functionality for creating sophisticated GUI controls, grids, diagrams
and charts. Stingray also offers ActiveX components, and several Java class
libraries that will further strengthen Rogue Wave's offerings in the Java
marketplace. The Company has incurred approximately $700,000 in merger related
costs during the nine months ended June 30, 1998. The financial results for the
quarter and nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998 include the accounts of the
Company and Stingray.

  In June 1998, the Company implemented a reorganization and realignment with
its product strategy.  Cost saving actions were taken which resulted in
the closing of its Mountain View, California and Charlotte, North Carolina
development operations, trimming its domestic administration staff and began the
process of consolidating the Oregon operations into one facility.   In
connection with these actions, the Company incurred a $580,000 reorganization
charge primarily consisting of severance and lease termination costs.

                                       9.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table sets forth for the periods indicated the percentage of net
revenues represented by certain line items in the Company's Consolidated
Statements of Operations.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            A.  PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL NET REVENUES
                                                                          ----------------------------------------
                                                                                                   NINE MONTHS
                                                                           THREE MONTHS ENDED         ENDED       
                                                                                JUNE 30,             JUNE 30,      
                                                                          -------------------   --------------------
                                                                             1997       1998       1997       1998   
                                                                          ----------  --------  ----------  -------- 
<S>                                                                       <C>         <C>       <C>         <C> 
Revenue:
 License revenue........................................................         70%       66%         74%        65% 
 Service and maintenance revenue........................................         30%       34%         26%        35% 
                                                                               ----      ----        ----       ----  
   Total revenue........................................................        100%      100%        100%       100% 
                                                                               ----      ----        ----       ----  
Cost of revenue:                                                                                                      
 Cost of license revenue................................................          6%        6%          6%         5% 
 Cost of service and maintenance revenue................................         10%       13%          9%        11% 
                                                                               ----      ----        ----       ----  
   Total cost of revenue................................................         16%       19%         15%        16% 
                                                                               ----      ----        ----       ----  
   Gross profit                                                                  84%       81%         85%        84% 
                                                                               ----      ----        ----       ----  
Operating expenses:                                                                                                   
 Product development....................................................         21%       25%         24%        24% 
 Sales and marketing....................................................         43%       46%         42%        44% 
 General and administrative.............................................         10%       10%         12%        10% 
 Merger, reorganization and relocation costs............................          0%        5%          0%         6% 
                                                                               ----      ----        ----       ----  
   Total operating expenses.............................................         74%       86%         78%        84% 
                                                                               ----      ----        ----       ----  
   Income (loss) from operations........................................         10%      (5)%          7%         0% 
Other income, net.......................................................          5%        5%          4%         5% 
                                                                               ----      ----        ----       ----  
   Income before income taxes...........................................         15%        0%         11%         5% 
Income tax expense......................................................          4%        0%          4%         1% 
                                                                               ----      ----        ----       ----  
   Net income...........................................................         11%        0%          7%         4% 
                                                                               ====      ====        ====       ====  
</TABLE>
                                                                                

Revenue

     Total revenue for the three and nine months ended June 30, 1998 was $11.1
million and $32.3 million, respectively, versus $9.2 million and $23.1 million
for the three and nine months ended June 30, 1997, representing an increase of
21% and 40%, respectively.  License revenue for the three and nine months ended
June 30, 1998 were $7.4 million and $20.9 million, respectively, versus $6.4
million and $17.0 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 1997,
representing an increase of 16% and 23%, respectively.  License revenue
increased primarily as a 

                                      10.
<PAGE>
 
result of an increase in the number of licenses sold to existing and new
customers, reflecting additional product offerings, an expanding market,
increased market awareness, expansion of the Company's telesales and direct
sales organization and increased international presence.

     Service and maintenance revenue for the three and nine months ended June
30, 1998 was $3.8 million and $11.4 million, respectively, versus $2.8 million
and $6.1 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 1997, representing
an increase of 36% and 87%, respectively.  The increase in service and
maintenance revenue for the three month period was primarily attributable to
increased sales volume of the Company's support and maintenance services related
to the Company's larger installed base.  The increase for the nine-month period
was primarily attributable to increased sales volume of support and maintenance
services as well as an increase in consulting revenue resulting from the
establishment of the Company's consulting business group in Boulder, Colorado,
in April 1997.

Cost of Revenue

     Cost of license revenue for the three and nine months ended June 30, 1998
were $639,000 and $1.7 million respectively versus $559,000 and $1.5 million for
the three and nine months ended June 30, 1997, representing an increase of 14%
and 13%, respectively.  The increase in cost of license revenue for the three
and nine month periods was due to the increase in license revenue for the same
period.  As a percentage of total revenue, cost of license revenue was
relatively flat for the three and nine month periods.

     Cost of service and maintenance revenue for the three and nine months ended
June 30, 1998 were $1.4 million and $3.6 million, respectively, versus $890,000
and $2.0 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 1997 representing
an increase of 57% and 80% respectively.  As a percentage of total revenue, cost
of service and maintenance revenue was 13% and 11% for the three and nine months
ended June 30, 1998 versus 10% and 9% for the three and nine months ended June
30, 1997.  The increase was primarily the result of the establishment of a
consulting business group in April 1997.

Operating Expenses

     Product development expense for the three and nine months ended June 30,
1998 were $2.9 million and $7.7 million, respectively, versus $2.0 million and
$5.5 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 1997 representing an
increase of 45% and 40%, respectively.  As a percentage of total revenue product
development expenses were 25% and 24% for the three and nine months ended June
30, 1998 versus 21% and 24% for the three and nine months ended June 30, 1997.
The increase in product development expenses was primarily attributable to the
hiring of additional product development personnel.  The increase in product
development expenses as a percentage of revenue was primarily due to the slower
growth in revenue relative to the growth in development expense.  The Company
anticipates that it will continue to devote substantial resources to product
development and that product development expenses will increase in absolute
dollars through fiscal 1998 as the Company continues to increase its product
development capacity, although the Company does not believe such expenses will
increase as a percentage of total revenue.

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     Sales and marketing expense for the three and nine months ended June 30,
1998 were $5.1 million and $14.3 million, respectively, versus $3.9 million and
$9.8 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 1997 representing an
increase of 31% and 46%, respectively.  As a percentage of total revenue, sales
and marketing expenses were 46% and 44% for the three and nine months ended June
30, 1998 versus 43% and 42% for the three and nine months ended June 30, 1997.
The increases were primarily due to continued investment in systems and
personnel to expand the Company's sales channels and the addition of sales
personnel through the acquisition of Precision during the second quarter of
fiscal 1997.  While the Company expects that sales and marketing expenses will
continue to grow, the Company does not believe such expenses will increase as a
percentage of total revenue.

     General and administrative expense for the three and nine months ended June
30, 1998 were $1.1 million and $3.2 million, respectively, versus $906,000 and
$2.7 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 1997 representing an
increase of 21% and 19%, respectively.  The increase in general and
administrative expenses were primarily due to increased staffing, investment in
infrastructure and associated expenses necessary to manage and support the
Company's growing operations.  The Company believes that during the near term
its general and administrative expenses will continue to grow in absolute
dollars as a result of additional anticipated expansion.

     Merger, reorganization and relocation costs for the three months and nine
months ended June 30, 1998 were $580,000 and $1.8 million respectively.  The
Company implemented a reorganization and realignment with its product strategy
during June 1998, which resulted in the closing of its Mountain View, California
and Charlotte, North Carolina development operations.  In connection with this
restructuring, the Company incurred a $580,000 reorganization charge primarily
consisting of severance and lease termination costs.   During the three months
ended March 31, 1998, the Company incurred $1.2 million in merger and relocation
costs associated with the business combination with Stingray and the move of the
Company's administrative operations to Boulder, Colorado.

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Other Income, Net

     Other income increased during the three and nine months ended June 30, 1998
versus the three and six months ended June 30, 1997 as a result of higher
interest income due to a higher investment portfolio generated by cash from the
Company's public offerings of common stock and operations.

Income Tax Expense

     The Company's effective tax rate for three and nine months ended June 30,
1998, was 35% and 27% respectively, compared to 30% and 35% for the three and
nine months ended June 30, 1997, respectively.  The effective rate for the
quarter and nine months ended June 30, 1997 reflects the exclusion of earnings
due to the Subchapter S status of Stingray.  The effective rate for the nine
months ended June 30, 1998 reflects three months of earnings excluded due to the
Subchapter S status of Stingray.  The Company anticipates its fiscal 1998
effective tax rate will be approximately 35% percent; however, this rate could
change based on a change in the percentage of total revenue derived from
international sources.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

     The decrease in cash flows from operations was due primarily to the
decrease in net income and changes in working capital.  The Company's investing
activities consist primarily of the purchase and sale of short-term investments
and purchases of equipment.  Short-term investments primarily consist of
commercial paper with original maturities of 180 days or less which are held as
securities available for sale.  The Company believes that expected cash flow
from operations combined with existing cash and cash equivalents and short-term
investments will be sufficient to meet its cash requirements for the foreseeable
future.  See "Risk Factors - Uncertainty of Future Operating Results;
Fluctuations in Quarterly Operating Results," and "-Future Acquisitions."

II.  FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS


     In evaluating the Company's business, prospective investors should
carefully consider the following factors in addition to the other information
presented in this report.

     Uncertainty Of Future Operating Results; Fluctuations In Quarterly
Operating Results.  Future operating results will depend upon many factors,
including the demand for the Company's products and services, the level of
product and price competition, the length of the Company's sales cycle, the size
and timing of individual license transactions, the delay or deferral of customer
implementations, the budget cycles of the Company's customers, the Company's
success in expanding its direct sales force and indirect distribution channels,
the timing of new product introductions and product enhancements, the mix of
products and services licensed or sold, levels of international sales,
activities of and acquisitions by competitors, changes in pricing policy by the
Company and its competitors, publication of opinions about the Company, its
products and object-oriented technology by industry analysts, the hiring of new
employees, changes in foreign currency exchange rates, product lifecycles and
the ability of the Company to develop and market new products and control costs.
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orders as received and as a result typically has little or no backlog. Quarterly
revenue and operating results therefore depend on the volume and timing of
orders received during the quarter, which are difficult to forecast. In
addition, the Company has historically earned a substantial portion of its
revenue in the last weeks, or even days, of each quarter. To the extent this
trend continues, the failure to achieve such revenue during the last weeks of
any given quarter will have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
financial condition and results of operations. The Company's financial results
for the second fiscal quarter of 1998 were below the expectations of public
market financial analysts. The primary factors leading to the lower than
expected results were the delay of a number of large orders, several due to
industry mergers, and lingering effects of the Company's sales force
reorganization during the fall of 1997. After the Company's announcement of such
financial results, the price of its Common Stock declined materially.
Furthermore, due to all of the foregoing factors, it is possible that in some
future quarter the Company's operating results may be below the expectations of
public market analysts and investors. In such event, the price of the Company's
Common Stock would likely be materially and adversely affected.

     Prior growth rates in the Company's revenue and net income should not be
considered indicative of future operating results.  Service and maintenance
revenue tends to fluctuate as consulting contracts, which may extend over
several months, are undertaken, renewed, completed or terminated.  License fee
revenue is difficult to forecast due to the fact that the Company's sales cycle,
from initial evaluation to purchase, varies substantially from customer to
customer.  As a result of these and other factors, revenue for any quarter is
subject to significant variation, and the Company believes that period-to-period
comparisons of its results of operations are not necessarily meaningful and
should not be relied upon as indicators of future performance.  Because the
Company's operating expenses are based on anticipated revenue trends and because
a high percentage of the Company's expenses are relatively fixed, a delay in the
recognition of revenue from a limited number of transactions could cause
significant variations in operating results from quarter to quarter and could
result in significant losses. In addition, the Company contributed technology to
and made an investment in HotData Inc. ("HotData") in order to develop
technology relating to the collection and verification of data across the
Internet.  Because the Company owns a majority of the outstanding stock of
HotData, it is accounted for as a subsidiary of the Company.  The Company
expects HotData will be in the development stage through at least fiscal 1998.
There can be no assurance that the technology developed by HotData will be
commercialized, or even if it is commercialized there can be no assurance of
market acceptance due to its new and untested business model.  The financial
results of HotData will be consolidated with the Company's financial results.
Accordingly, fluctuations in the operating results of HotData may have a
material adverse effect on the Company's operating results.  Fluctuations in
operating results may also result in volatility in the price of the Company's
Common Stock.

     Management Of Growth.  The Company is experiencing a period of transition
and aggressive product introductions that has placed, and may continue to place,
a significant strain on its resources, including its personnel. Expansion of the
Company's product lines, additional product development and product
introductions, or acquisitions of other technologies or companies, when added to
the day-to-day activities of the Company, will place a further strain on the
Company's resources and personnel. In particular, the Company has acquired a
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distributor with offices and personnel in several European countries and
established a consulting group in Boulder, Colorado to help expand its ability
to provide consulting services. In addition, the Company recently acquired
Stingray Software, Inc. which develops and distributes development tools from
their facilities in Morrisville, North Carolina. Such additions involve a number
of risks, including risks related to the integration of new businesses or
business units, the substantial management time devoted to such activities, the
failure to achieve anticipated benefits, such as cost savings and increased
revenue, and the difficulties of managing additional operations. The Company's
acquisition of Inmark in October 1995 and Stingray in 1998 have resulted in the
Company's product development team being distributed in four separate sites
across the country. Managing this distribution requires a significant amount of
attention from management, particularly the Vice President, Development and the
Chief Technology Officer, to ensure that the Company's development efforts are
timely, consistent and well integrated. The difficulty of managing this
distribution contributed to the Company's decision to close two of the Company's
four development sites. The closures resulted in one-time charges of
approximately $580,000 and caused disruption to the Company's development
efforts. Although the Company does not believe the costs or disruption created
by the reorganization will have a material adverse effect on the Company, it
required a significant amount of attention from senior management. In addition,
the Company recently moved its administrative operations from Corvallis, Oregon
to Boulder, Colorado. This move has resulted in the distribution of the
Company's senior management team, which may make managing the Company's
operations more difficult. In particular, managing this transition requires a
significant amount of attention from management, particularly the Company's
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, both of whom have relocated
as part of the move.

     Furthermore, the Company believes that its ability to achieve significant
revenue growth in the future will depend in large part on its success in
recruiting and training sufficient direct sales personnel and establishing and
maintaining relationships with its outside sales representatives.  Although the
Company is currently investing, and plans to continue to invest, significant
resources to expand its direct sales force and to develop distribution
relationships with outside sales representatives, the Company has at times
experienced and continues to experience difficulty in recruiting qualified sales
personnel and in establishing necessary sales representative relationships.  The
Company believes that the hiring and retention of qualified individuals at all
levels in the Company is essential to the Company's ability to manage growth
successfully, and there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful
in attracting and retaining the necessary personnel.  If Company management is
unable to effectively manage growth, the Company's business, financial condition
and results of operations will be materially and adversely affected.

     Dependence On Emerging Market For C++ And Java.  The Company's product
lines are designed for use in object-oriented software application development,
specifically the C++ and Java programming languages, and substantially all of
the Company's revenue has been attributable to sales of products and related
maintenance and consulting services related to C++ programming and development.
The Company believes that while the market for object-oriented technology in
general, and C++ tools and programming applications in particular, is growing,
the Company's growth depends upon broader market acceptance of object-oriented 
technology and the C++ programming language. Even if broader market acceptance 
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oriented market may continue to be characterized by multiple software
environments, many of which are not supported by the Company's products, and
numerous competitors in the areas of tools, methodology and services.
Furthermore, the C++ programming language is very complex. Should the C++
programming language lose market acceptance or be replaced by another
programming language, the Company's business, financial condition and results of
operations would be materially and adversely affected. The Company's financial
performance will depend in part upon continued growth in the object-oriented
technology and C++ markets and the development of standards that the Company's
products address. There can be no assurance that the market will continue to
grow or that the Company will be able to respond effectively to the evolving
requirements of the market.

     The number of software developers using the C++ programming language is
relatively small compared to the number of developers using more traditional
software development technology.  The adoption of the C++ programming language
by software programmers who have traditionally used other technology requires
reorientation to significantly different programming methods, and there can be
no assurance that the acceptance of the C++ programming language will expand
beyond the early adopters of the technology.  Furthermore, there can be no
assurance that potential corporate customers will be willing to make the
investment required to retrain programmers to build software using C++ rather
than structured or other object-oriented programming techniques.  Many of the
Company's customers have purchased only small quantities of the Company's
products and there can be no assurance that these or new customers will broadly
implement C++ programming or purchase additional products.

     In addition, the Company has several products for use in the Java market.
The Company has spent and will continue to devote resources on the development
of new and enhanced products that address the Java market.  There can be no
assurance that the Company will be successful in marketing its existing or
future Java products or that the market for Java products will grow.  If the
Java market fails to grow, or grows more slowly than the Company currently
anticipates, the Company's business, financial condition and results of
operations could be materially and adversely affected.

     Competition.  The market for the Company's products is intensely
competitive, subject to rapid change and significantly affected by new product
introductions and other market activities of industry participants.  The
Company's products are targeted at the emerging market for C++ software parts
and programming tools and, to a lesser extent, at the emerging Java market.  The
Company's competitors offer a variety of products and services to address these
markets.  The Company believes that the principal competitive factors in this
market are product quality, flexibility, performance, functionality and
features, use of standards based technology, quality of support and service,
company reputation and price.  While price is less significant than other
factors for corporate customers, price can be a significant factor for
individual programmers.  Direct competitors in the C++ market include Microsoft
(with its Microsoft Foundation Classes, "MFC"), IBM, ILOG and several privately
held companies.  Microsoft is a particularly strong competitor due to its large
installed base and the fact that it bundles its MFC library with its own and
other C++ compilers.  Microsoft may decide in the future to devote more
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functionality of the Company's products. The Company faces direct competition in
the Java market from Borland, JavaSoft (a business unit of Sun Microsystems),
Microsoft, Sybase, Symantec and other companies for its current Java products
and it expects to face significant competition in the future from such companies
with respect to other Java products the Company may introduce. Software
applications can also be developed using software parts and programming tools in
environments other than C++ or Java. Indirect competitors with such offerings
include Microsoft (with its ActiveX technology), Borland, Oracle, and Powersoft
(a subsidiary of Sybase). Many of these competitors have longer operating
histories, significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and other
resources, significantly greater name recognition and larger installed bases of
customers than the Company. In addition, several database vendors, such as
Informix, Oracle and Sybase are increasingly developing robust software parts
for inclusion with their database products and may begin to compete with the
Company in the future. These potential competitors have well-established
relationships with current and potential customers and have the resources to
enable them to more easily offer a single vendor solution. Like the Company's
current competitors, many of these companies have longer operating histories,
significantly greater resources and name recognition and larger installed bases
of customers than the Company. As a result, these potential competitors may be
able to respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in
customer requirements, or to devote greater resources to the development,
promotion and sale of their products than the Company.

     The Company also faces competition from systems integrators and internal
development efforts.  Many systems integrators possess industry specific
expertise that may enable them to offer a single vendor solution more easily,
and already have a reputation among potential customers for offering enterprise-
wide solutions to software programming needs.  There can be no assurance that
these third parties, many of which have significantly greater resources than the
Company, will not market competitive software products in the future.  It is
also possible that new competitors or alliances among competitors will emerge
and rapidly acquire significant market share.  The Company also expects that
competition will increase as a result of software industry consolidation.
Increased competition may result in price reductions, reduced gross margins and
loss of market share, any of which could materially and adversely affect the
Company's business, operating results and financial condition.  There can be no
assurance that the Company will be able to compete successfully against current
and future competitors or that competitive pressures faced by the Company will
not materially and adversely affect its business, financial condition and
results of operations.

     Rapid Technological Change; Dependence On New Products.  The market for
software development tools is characterized by rapid technological advances,
changes in customer requirements, and frequent new product introductions and
enhancements.  The Company must respond rapidly to developments related to
hardware platforms, operating systems and applicable programming languages.
Such developments will require the Company to continue to make substantial
product development investments.  Any failure by the Company to anticipate or
respond adequately to technological developments and customer requirements, or
any significant delays in product development or introduction, could result in a
loss of competitiveness or revenue.

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     The Company's future success will depend on its ability to continue to
enhance its current product line and to continue to develop and introduce new
products that keep pace with competitive product introductions and technological
developments, satisfy diverse and evolving customer requirements and otherwise
achieve market acceptance.  There can be no assurance that the Company will be
successful in continuing to develop and market on a timely and cost-effective
basis fully functional product enhancements or new products that respond to
technological advances by others, or that its enhanced and new products will
achieve market acceptance.  In addition, the Company has in the past experienced
delays in the development, introduction and marketing of new or enhanced
products.  Such delays were primarily associated with increasing product
functionality and implementing new customer requirements.  To date, such delays
have not resulted in a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
financial condition and results of operations.  There can be no assurance that
the Company will not experience similar delays in the future.  Any failure by
the Company to anticipate or respond adequately to changes in technology and
customer preferences, or any significant delays in product development or
introduction, would have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
financial condition and results of operations.

     Risks of Future Acquisitions.  In the second fiscal quarter of 1998, the
Company completed a business combination with Stingray.  Completing the
acquisition and commencing the integration of the acquired business required
significant attention from the Company's management and caused disruption to the
Company's ongoing business.  Management believes that such disruption had a
material adverse effect on the Company's financial results for the second fiscal
quarter of 1998.  The Company frequently evaluates strategic opportunities
available to it and may in the future pursue additional acquisitions of
complementary technologies, products or businesses.  Future acquisitions of
complementary technologies, products or businesses by the Company will result in
the diversion of management's attention from the day-to-day operations of the
Company's business and may include numerous other risks, including difficulties
in the integration of the operations, products and personnel of the acquired
companies.  Future acquisitions by the Company may also result in dilutive
issuances of equity securities, the incurrence of debt and amortization expenses
related to goodwill and other intangible assets.  Failure of the Company to
successfully manage future acquisitions may have a material adverse effect on
the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations.

     Risks Of Expanding International Sales And Marketing.  The Company opened
its first international sales office in Germany in January 1996.  In February
1997, the Company expanded its European operations by acquiring Precision.
Precision is a distributor of the Company's software products in Germany, the
United Kingdom, France and the Benelux countries.  International revenue
accounted for approximately 24% and 32% of the Company's total revenue in fiscal
1997 and the nine months ended June 30, 1998, respectively. As of June 30, 1998,
the Company had 43 employees located outside of the United States.  The Company
believes that in order to increase sales opportunities and profitability it will
be required to expand its international operations.  The Company has committed
and continues to commit significant management time and financial resources to
developing direct and indirect international sales and support channels.  There
can be no assurance, however, that the Company will be able to maintain or
increase international market demand for its products.  To the extent that the
Company is unable to do so in a timely manner, the Company's international
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limited, and the Company's business, financial condition and results of
operations would be materially and adversely affected.

     Risks Inherent In International Operations.  International operations are
subject to inherent risks, including the impact of possible recessionary
environments in economies outside the United States, costs of localizing
products for foreign markets, longer receivables collection periods and greater
difficulty in accounts receivable collection, unexpected changes in regulatory
requirements, difficulties and costs of staffing and managing foreign
operations, reduced protection for intellectual property rights in some
countries, potentially adverse tax consequences, and political and economic
instability.  There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to sustain
or increase international revenue from licenses or from maintenance and service,
or that the foregoing factors will not have a material adverse effect on the
Company's future international revenue and, consequently, on the Company's
business, financial condition and results of operations.  The Company's direct
international revenue is generally denominated in local currencies.  As a result
of recent fluctuations in international exchange rates, the Company's Board of
Directors has authorized the Company to enter into forward exchange contracts to
minimize the risks associated with such fluctuations.  Although exposure to
currency fluctuations to date has not been material, there can be no assurance
that fluctuations in currency exchange rates in the future will not have a
material adverse impact on international revenue and thus the Company's
business, financial condition and results of operations.

     Dependence Upon Key Personnel.  The Company's future performance depends in
significant part upon the continued service of its key technical, sales and
senior management personnel, none of whom is bound by an employment agreement.
The Company believes that the technological and creative skills of its personnel
are essential to establishing and maintaining a leadership position,
particularly in light of the fact that its intellectual property, once sold to
the public market, is easily replicated.  The loss of the services of one or
more of the Company's executive officers or key technical personnel would have a
material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition and
results of operations.  In particular, the services of Thomas Keffer and Michael
Scally, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Operating
Officer, respectively, would be difficult to replace.  The Company has key
person life insurance policies in the amount of $1.0 million on each of Dr.
Keffer and Mr. Scally.  The Company's future success also depends on its
continuing ability to attract and retain highly qualified technical, sales and
managerial personnel. In the past, the Company has experienced some difficulty
in attracting key personnel. Competition for such personnel is intense, and
there can be no assurance that the Company can retain its key technical, sales
and managerial employees or that it can attract, assimilate or retain other
highly qualified technical, sales and managerial personnel in the future.

     Variability Of Sales Cycles.  The Company distributes its products through
two different direct sales channels, a telesales force and a field sales force,
each of which is subject to a variable sales cycle.  Products sold by the
Company's telesales force may be sold after a single phone call or may require
several weeks of education and negotiation before a sale is made.  As such, the
sales cycle associated with telesales typically ranges from a few days to two
months.  On the other hand, the purchase of products from the Company's field
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enterprise-wide decision and may require the sales person to provide a
significant level of education to prospective customers regarding the use and
benefits of the Company's products. For these and other reasons, the sales cycle
associated with the sale of the Company's products through its field sales force
typically ranges from two to six months and is subject to a number of
significant delays over which the Company has little or no control. Due to the
foregoing factors, quarterly revenue and operating results can be variable and
are difficult to forecast, and the Company believes that period-to-period
comparisons of quarterly revenue are not necessarily meaningful and should not
be relied upon as an indicator of future revenue.

     Proprietary Rights, Risks Of Infringement And Source Code Release.  The
Company relies primarily on a combination of copyright, trademark and trade
secret laws, confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect
its proprietary rights.  The Company also believes that factors such as the
technological and creative skills of its personnel, new product developments,
frequent product enhancements, name recognition and reliable product maintenance
are essential to establishing and maintaining a technological leadership
position.  The Company seeks to protect its software, documentation and other
written materials under trade secret and copyright laws, which afford only
limited protection.  The Company currently has one patent application pending in
the United States.  There can be no assurance that the Company's pending patent
application, whether or not being currently challenged by applicable
governmental patent examiners, will be issued with the scope of the claims
sought by the Company, if at all.  Furthermore, there can be no assurance that
others will not develop technologies that are similar or superior to the
Company's technology or design around the Company's pending patent.  Despite the
Company's efforts to protect its proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may
attempt to copy aspects of the Company's products or to obtain and use
information that the Company regards as proprietary.  The nature of many of the
Company's products requires the release of the source code to all customers.  As
such, policing unauthorized use of the Company's products is difficult, and
while the Company is unable to determine the extent to which piracy of its
software products exists, software piracy can be expected to be a persistent
problem.  In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect the
Company's proprietary rights as fully as do the laws of the United States.
There can be no assurance that the Company's means of protecting its proprietary
rights in the United States or abroad will be adequate or that competition will
not independently develop similar technology.

     The Company is not aware that it is infringing any proprietary rights of
third parties.  There can be no assurance, however, that third parties will not
claim infringement by the Company of their intellectual property rights.  The
Company expects that software product developers will increasingly be subject to
infringement claims as the number of products and competitors in the Company's
industry segment grows and the functionality of products in different industry
segments overlaps.  Any such claims, with or without merit, could be time
consuming to defend, result in costly litigation, divert management's attention
and resources, cause product shipment delays or require the Company to enter
into royalty or licensing agreements.  Such royalty or licensing agreements, if
required, may not be available on terms acceptable to the Company, if at all.
In the event of a successful claim of product infringement against the Company
and failure or inability of the Company to license the infringed or similar
technology, the Company's business, financial condition and results of
operations would be materially and adversely affected.

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     Uncertainty Of The Effects Of The Year 2000 On Computer Programs And
Systems. Many currently installed computer systems and software programs were
designed to use only a two-digit date field.  These date code fields will need
to accept four digit entries to distinguish 21st century dates from 20th century
dates.  Until the date fields are updated, the systems and programs could fail
or give erroneous results when referencing dates following December 31, 1999.
Such failure or errors could occur prior to the actual change in century.

     The Company is currently reviewing and testing all of its products for the
transition to the 21st century.   In addition the Company has developed and
circulated to its customers a standard for evaluating software reliability
during the century transition and provides information on compliance with
existing standards addressing the year 2000 problem.

     Three of the Company's products perform date and time manipulations;
Tools.h++: Class RWDate, Tools.h++: Class RWTime, and DBTools.h++: RWDBDateTime.
All three products will function properly during the century transition.
However, the range of years that the current implementation of RWTime can store
spans only 1901 to 2037. This upper limit is found on platforms that implement
unsigned longs with 32 bits. A future release of Tools.h++ will include a 64-bit
implementation of RWTime that will eliminate the year 2037.

     Although the Company's products have and are continuing to undergo normal
quality testing procedures, there can be no assurance that these products
contain all necessary date code changes. Any system malfunctions due to the
onset of the year 2000 and any disputes with customers relating to year 2000
compliance, including licensees of non-compliant products that the Company is
unable to locate, could have a material adverse effect on the Company's
business, financial condition and results of operations.

     The Company does, however, utilize some third-party vendor network
equipment, telecommunication products and other products which may or may not be
year 2000 compliant. The Company also relies, directly and indirectly, on
external systems of customers, suppliers, creditors, financial organizations and
governmental entities for accurate exchange of data. The Company is evaluating
its information technology infrastructure for year 2000 compliance to determine
what actions are required to make all internal systems year 2000 compliant and
what actions are needed to mitigate vulnerability to problems related to
enterprises with which the Company interacts.

     While the Company has not fully identified the impact of the year 2000
issue on its internal systems or whether any problems can be resolved without
disrupting its business and incurring significant expense, the Company's current
estimate is that the costs associated with the year 2000 issue, and the
consequences of incomplete or untimely resolution of the year 2000 issue, will
not have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, operating results
or financial condition.

     There can be no assurance that the Company will not be affected by year
2000 disruption in the operation of the enterprises with which the Company
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problems could have a material adverse effect upon the Company's business,
operating results and financial condition.

     Product Liability.  The Company's license agreements with its customers
typically contain provisions designed to limit the Company's exposure to
potential product liability claims.  It is possible, however, that the
limitation of liability provisions contained in the Company's license agreements
may not be effective under the laws of certain jurisdictions.  Although the
Company has not experienced any product liability claims to date, the sale and
support of products by the Company may entail the risk of such claims, and there
can be no assurance that the Company will not be subject to such claims in the
future.  A successful product liability claim brought against the Company could
have a material adverse effect upon the Company's business, financial condition
and results of operations.

     Risk Of Product Defects.  Software products as complex as those offered by
the Company frequently contain errors or failures, especially when first
introduced or when new versions are released.  Also, new products or
enhancements may contain undetected errors, or "bugs," or performance problems
that, despite testing, are discovered only after a product has been installed
and used by customers.  There can be no assurance that such errors or
performance problems will not be discovered in the future, causing delays in
product introduction and shipments or requiring design modifications that could
materially and adversely affect the Company's competitive position and operating
results.  The Company's products are typically intended for use in applications
that may be critical to a customer's business.  As a result, the Company expects
that its customers and potential customers have a greater sensitivity to product
defects than the market for software products generally.  Although the Company
has not experienced material adverse effects resulting from any such errors to
date, there can be no assurance that, despite testing by the Company and by
current and potential customers, errors will not be found in new products or
releases after commencement of commercial shipments, resulting in loss of
revenue or delay in market acceptance, diversion of development resources, the
payment of monetary damages, damage to the Company's reputation, or increased
service and warranty costs, any of which could have a material adverse effect
upon the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations.

ITEM 3. - QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

     The Company enters into foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge certain
operational and balance sheet exposures from changes in foreign currency
exchange rates.  Such exposures result from the portion of the Company's
operations, assets, and liabilities that are denominated in currencies other
than the U.S. dollar.  These transactions are entered into to hedge purchases,
sales, and other normal recurring transactions and accordingly are not
speculative in nature.  The Company does not hold or issue financial instruments
for trading purposes nor does it hold or issue leveraged derivative financial
instruments.  Market value gains and losses on such contracts that result from
fluctuations in foreign exchange rates are recognized as offsets to the exchange
gains or losses on the hedged transactions.  By their nature, these transactions
generally offset.  The net gain or loss on such foreign currency contracts and
underlying transactions was not material during the three and nine months ended
June 30, 1998, however there can be no assurance that fluctuations in currency
exchange rates in the future will not have a material adverse impact on
international revenue and thus the Company's business, financial condition and
results of operations.  The Company had outstanding short-term forward exchange
contracts to exchange German marks for U.S. dollars in the amount of $1.7
million at June 30, 1998.

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PART II  - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 2. -  CHANGES IN SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

     The effective date of the Company's first registration statement, filed on
Form SB-2 filed under the Securities Act of 1993 (No. 333-13517), was November
21, 1996 (the "Registration Statement").  The class of securities registered was
Common Stock.  The offering commenced on November 21, 1996 and all securities
were sold in the offering.  The managing underwriters for the offering were
Hambrecht & Quist LLC and Wessels, Arnold & Henderson, L.L.C.

     Pursuant to the Registration Statement, the Company sold 2,367,640 shares
of its Common Stock for its own account, for an aggregate offering price of
$28,411,680, and 449,860 shares of its Common Stock for the account of certain
selling stockholders, for an aggregate offering price of $5,398,320.  The
Company incurred expenses of approximately $2,838,818, of which $1,988,818
represented underwriting discounts and commissions and $850,000 represented
estimated other expenses.  All such expenses were direct or indirect payments to
others. The net offering proceeds to the issuer after total expenses was
$25,572,863.

     The Company has used $1,500,000 of the net proceeds from the offering in
the acquisition of other businesses, $1,000,000 of the net proceeds from the
offering for repayment of indebtedness and $23,072,863 of the net proceeds for
working capital.  The use of proceeds from the offering does not represent a
material change in the use of proceeds described in the prospectus.

Item 5.  -  OTHER INFORMATION

     Pursuant to the Company's bylaws, stockholders who wish to bring matters or
propose nominees for director at the Company's 1999 annual meeting of
stockholders must provide specified information to the Company between September
24, 1998 and October 24, 1998 (unless such matters are included in the Company's
proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended).


Item 6.  -  EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

  2.1(1)  Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between Registrant, Inmark
  Development Corporation and RW Acquisitions, Inc., dated as of September 19,
  1995.

  2.2(1)  Agreement and Plan of Merger between the Registrant and Rogue Wave
  Software, Inc., an Oregon corporation.

  2.3(3)  Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization among Rogue Wave
  Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation, SR Acquisition Corp., a North Carolina
  corporation, Stingray Software, Inc., a North Carolina corporation and the
  shareholders of Stingray Software, Inc., dated as of January 19, 1998.

  2.4(4)  Articles of Merger and Plan of Merger dated February 27, 1998, filed
  with the Secretary of State of North Carolina on February 27, 1998.

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  3.1(2)  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rogue Wave
  Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

  3.2(1)  Bylaws of Rogue Wave Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

  4.1(1)  Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2.

  4.2(1)  Specimen Stock Certificate.

  4.3(1)  Amended and Restated Investors' Rights Agreement between the
  Registrant and certain investors, dated November 10, 1995, as amended June 27,
  1996.

  4.4(5)  Form of Registration Rights Agreement between Rogue Wave Software,
  Inc. and the former shareholders of Stingray Software, Inc.

  10.1(1) Registrant's 1996 Equity Incentive Plan.

  10.2(1) Registrant's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

  10.3(1) Form of Indemnity Agreement to be entered into between the Registrant
  and its officers and directors.

  10.4(1) Lease Agreement between Registrant and the State of Oregon, dated May
  1, 1996.

  10.5(1) Lease Agreement between the Registrant and the Landmark, dated April
  22, 1996.

  27.1   Financial Data Schedule for 9 months ended June 30, 1998.

  27.2   Restated Financial Data Schedules.

  27.3   Restated Financial Data Schedules.

  (1) Filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-
  2, as amended (No. 333 -13517)

  (2) Filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for
  the quarter ended December 31, 1996.

  (3) Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K dated February 27, 1998
  and filed on March 9, 1998.

  (4) Filed as Exhibit 2.2 to the Registrant's Form 8-K dated February 27, 1998
  and filed on March 9, 1998.

  (5) Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K dated February 27, 1998
  and filed on March 9, 1998.


Items 1, 3 and 4 are not applicable and have been omitted.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.


                                         ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                         (Registrant)



Date:  August 12, 1998                   /S/ ROBERT M. HOLBURN, JR.
                                         --------------------------  
                                         ROBERT M. HOLBURN, JR.
                                         CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

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