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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 15

          Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration under
             Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
                    Suspension of Duty to File Reports under
          Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                       Commission File Number: 0-13258

                              BOOLE & BABBAGE, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                3131 Zanker Road
                         San Jose, California 95134-1933
                                 (408) 526-3333
                   (Address, including zip code, and telephone
                         number, including area code, of
                    registrant's principal executive offices)

                      COMMON STOCK, $.001 PAR VALUE 
            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      NONE
         (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to
               file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s)
relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

         Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)       [X]        Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)      [ ]
         Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)      [ ]        Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)       [ ]
         Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)       [ ]        Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)      [ ]
         Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)      [ ]        Rule 15d-6                [ ]
         Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)       [X]

         Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or 
notice date: ONE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Boole & Babbage, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date:  March 31, 1999                            By:    /s/ PAUL E. NEWTON
                                                    ----------------------------
                                                     Name:  Paul E. Newton
                                                     Title: President