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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.25

                       FOURTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT


           This Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement is made by and among BROADWAY
& SEYMOUR, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Broadway") with a principal place of
business at 128 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-5050, ELITE
INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., a California corporation ("Elite") with a principal
place of business at 5100 West Goldleaf Circle, Suite 100, Los Angeles,
California 90056, THE MINICOMPUTER COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC., a Maryland
corporation ("TMC") with a principal place of business at Executive Plaza I,
11350 McCormick Road, Suite 600, Hunt Valley, MD 21031-1012, ELITE INFORMATION
SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a California corporation ("Elite International")
with a principal place of business at 5100 West Goldleaf Circle, Suite 100, Los
Angeles, California 90056 (Broadway, Elite, TMC and Elite International are
hereinafter jointly and severally referred to as, the "Borrower") and FLEET
NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association organized under the laws of the
United States and having an office at One Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts
02110 as Agent for itself and each of the other Lenders who now and/or hereafter
become parties to the hereinafter defined Loan Agreement pursuant to the terms
of Section 9.11 thereof (sometimes the "Agent" and sometimes "Fleet" and in its
capacity as a Lender, sometimes "Fleet" and sometimes a "Lender"). Capitalized
terms used herein and not expressly defined herein shall have the respective
meanings ascribed to such terms in the hereinafter defined Loan Agreement.


                                WITNESSETH THAT:

           WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Agent are parties to that certain Loan
Agreement dated as of July 23, 1997 pursuant to which the Lenders extended a
$15,000,000 revolving credit facility, as amended by that certain First
Amendment to Loan Agreement dated September 30, 1997, as further amended by that
certain Second Amendment to Loan Agreement dated February 6, 1998, effective as
of December 31, 1997 and as further amended by that certain Third Amendment to
Loan Agreement dated May 5, 1998, effective as of March 31, 1998 (as amended
hereby and as hereafter amended from time to time, the "Loan Agreement"); and

           WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Agent desire to amend certain
provisions of the Loan Agreement as hereinafter set forth.

           NOW, THEREFORE, the Borrower and the Agent hereby agree as follows:

           1. All references in the Loan Agreement to the Financing Documents
shall be deemed to refer to such documents and in addition shall also refer to
this Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement.

           2. Effective as of the date hereof, Section 5.2.11 of the Loan
Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following shall be
substituted in lieu thereof:


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                               Section 5.2.11. Dividends, Payments and
                     Distributions. Declare or pay any dividends, management
                     fees or like fees or make any other distribution of cash or
                     property or both to any of the Stockholders other than
                     compensation for services rendered to the Borrower and/or
                     any Subsidiary or use any of its assets for payment,
                     purchase, conversion, redemption, retention, acquisition or
                     retirement of any beneficial interest in the Borrower or
                     set aside or reserve assets for sinking or like funds for
                     any of the foregoing purposes, make any other distribution
                     by reduction of capital or otherwise in respect of any
                     beneficial interest in the Borrower or permit any
                     Subsidiary which is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary so to do;
                     provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the
                     Borrower shall be permitted to re-purchase up to 1,000,000
                     shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price
                     not to exceed $7,500,000.

           3. The Borrower hereby restates all of the representations,
warranties and covenants of the Borrower set forth in the Loan Agreement to the
same extent as if fully set forth herein and the Borrower hereby certifies that
all such representations and warranties are true and accurate as of the date
hereof.

           4. The Borrower and the Agent hereby ratify, confirm and approve the
Loan Agreement, amended as set forth herein, as a binding obligation,
enforceable in accordance with its terms. The Borrower further acknowledges and
agrees that Agent has not waived any of its rights under the Loan Agreement,
amended as set forth herein, or any Event(s) of Default that may hereafter exist
thereunder and that there does not exist (i) any offset or defense against
payment or performance of any of the Indebtedness and Obligations of the
Borrower evidenced thereby, or (ii) any claim or cause of action by Borrower
against Agent with respect to the transactions described therein.

           5. The Borrower represents and warrants to the Agent that no Default
or Event of Default exists under the Loan Agreement, amended as set forth
herein, any of the Financing Documents or any document or agreement executed in
connection therewith or herewith.

           6. This Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement shall be effective as of
July 23, 1998.



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           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower and the Agent have caused this
Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement to be executed as a sealed instrument by
their proper representatives hereunto duly authorized as of the 7th day of
August, 1998.


Witness:                                  Broadway & Seymour, Inc.


/s/ Steven O. Todd                        By: /s/ Bryan P. Causey
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                                              Bryan Causey, Treasurer


Witness:                                  Elite Information Systems, Inc.


/s/ Steven O. Todd                        By: /s/ Bryan P. Causey
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                                              Bryan Causey, Assistant Treasurer


Witness:                                  The MiniComputer Company of Maryland,
                                          Inc.


/s/ Steven O. Todd                        By: /s/ Bryan P. Causey
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                                              Bryan Causey, Assistant Treasurer


Witness:                                  Elite Information Systems 
                                          International, Inc.


/s/ Steven O. Todd                        By: /s/ Bryan P. Causey
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                                              Bryan Causey, Assistant Treasurer


Witness:                                  Fleet National Bank, as Agent for 
                                          the Lenders and as a Lender


/s/ Matthew M. Glauninger                 By: /s/ Michael S. Barclay
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                                              Name:  Michael S. Barclay
                                              Title:  Assistant Vice President



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