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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 13, 2000 relating to the
financial statements, which appears in the 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders
of Allaire Corporation, which is incorporated by reference in Allaire
Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated March 13,
2000 relating to the financial statement schedule, which appears in such Annual
Report on Form 10-K.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
August 9, 2000