8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D. C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT


     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 13, 1998



                              Boole & Babbage, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



         Delaware                   0-132-58                   94-1651571
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File No.)          (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)                                      Identification No.)


                                3131 Zanker Road
                         San Jose, California 95134-1933
              (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)



       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (408) 526-3000




                         _______________________________
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





Item 5.      Other Events.

         On November 13, 1998, Platinum  Technology,  Inc. filed a Complaint and
Motion  for  Preliminary  Injunction  in the  Circuit  Court  of the  Eighteenth
Judicial  Circuit  Chancery  Division,  Dupage County,  Wheaton,  Illinois.  The
Complaint  alleges  that  Boole &  Babbage  is in  breach  of a  standstill  and
exclusive  negotiation  agreement with Platinum,  and further that BMC Software,
Inc.  tortiously  interfered with such alleged  agreement when it negotiated and
executed the merger agreement between Boole & Babbage and BMC Software announced
on  November 2, 1998.  Platinum  seeks  entry of an  injunction  voiding the BMC
merger  agreement and requiring  Boole & Babbage to negotiate  exclusively  with
Platinum for an uninterrupted 120-day period.

         Boole & Babbage is currently evaluating the Complaint but believes that
the claims by Platinum  are without  merit,  and  intends to  vigorously  defend
itself against the  allegations in the Complaint.  Boole & Babbage  continues to
believe  that  the  BMC  merger  agreement  is in  the  best  interests  of  its
shareholders.  On November  16,  1998,  Boole & Babbage  issued a press  release
relating to such  lawsuit.  A copy of the press  release is  attached  hereto as
Exhibit 99.1.

Item 7.      Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

         (c)   Exhibits

Exhibit No.         Description

99.1                Press Release dated November 16, 1998.






                                   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 hereunto duly authorized.



                                               BOOLE & BABBAGE, INC.


                                               /s/ Arthur Knapp
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Arthur Knapp
                                               Senior Vice President and Chief
                                               Financial Officer

Dated: November 17, 1998

EX-99.1

Contact:  Arthur Knapp                       For Immediate Release
          Chief Financial Officer
          408-526-3333
          aknapp@boole.com


           BOOLE & BABBAGE ANNOUNCES FILING OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY
                       INJUNCTION BY PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY

SAN JOSE, California,  November 16, 1998 -- Boole & Babbage, Inc. (Nasdaq: BOOL)
today announced that Platinum Technology,  Inc. (Nasdaq: PLAT) filed a Complaint
and Motion for Preliminary  Injunction on November 13, 1998 in the Circuit Court
of the Eighteenth  Judicial Circuit Chancery Division,  Dupage County,  Wheaton,
Illinois.  The  complaint  alleges that Boole is in breach of a  standstill  and
exclusive negotiation  agreement with Platinum,  and further, that BMC Software,
Inc.  (Nasdaq:  BMCS) tortiously  interfered with such alleged agreement when it
negotiated  and  executed  the merger  agreement  announced on November 2, 1998.
Platinum  seeks  entry  of an  injunction  voiding  this  merger  agreement  and
requiring Boole to negotiate  exclusively with it for an  uninterrupted  120-day
period.

The Company is currently  evaluating  the complaint but believes that the claims
by Platinum are without merit,  and intends to vigorously  defend itself against
the allegations in the complaint.  The Company continues to believe that the BMC
merger agreement is in the best interests of its shareholders.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in
this  news  release  are  forward-looking  statements  that  involve  risks  and
uncertainties,  including  timely  development  and  market  acceptance  of  new
products,  the impact of competitive products particularly from larger companies
with more  resources,  and  worldwide  economic  conditions  as they  affect the
spending  intentions  of the  Company's  customers,  as well as the other  risks
detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the Form 10-K
for  fiscal  1997,  the Form  10-Q for June 30,  1998 and the Form S-4  filed on
November 13, 1998.

About Boole & Babbage, Inc.

Boole & Babbage is a leader in  availability  and service level  management  for
distributed systems. Its Enterprise  Automation product lines provide a flexible
and scaleable set of solutions used by many Fortune 1000 companies to centralize
all the IT operations,  including systems, applications,  databases, middleware,
and Web  technologies,  into a coherent business view to reduce overall business
costs.

Founded  in 1967 and named  after two 19th  Century  forerunners  to the  modern
computing  industry (George Boole--of  Boolean algebra and Charles  Babbage--the
Babbage  Computing  Machine)  the  Company  today is the oldest  publicly-traded
independent  software vendor in the systems management industry with revenues of
about $225  million,  930  employees  and 43 offices in 26  countries.  For more
investor  information,  visit  us on the Web at  www.boole.com,  or  call  (800)
722-6653, ext. 3417.

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