4	F O R M    4

	U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
	Washington, D.C. 20549
	STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.  Form 4 or
    Form 5 obligations may continue.  See Instruction 1(b).

1.	Name and Address of Reporting Person*

		Richard W. Koe
		6600 SW 92nd Avenue, Ste. 370
		Portland, Oregon  97223

2.	Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

		Raining Data Corporation (f/k/a Omnis Technology Corp.)

3.	IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity
(Voluntary)

4.	Statement for Month/Year

		December 2000

5.	If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)



6.	Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
	(Check all applicable)

	[]	Director					[X]	10% Owner
	[]	Officer (give title below)	[]	Other (specify below)


7.	Individual or Joint/Group Filing
	(Check applicable line)

	[X]	Form filed by one Reporting Person
	[]	Form filed by more than one Reporting Person



*If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see
Instruction 4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities
beneficially owned directly or indirectly.


	Table 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
	or Beneficially Owned

1.	Title of Security (Instr. 3)

		Common Stock, $.10 par value

2.	Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

	12/4/00, 12/14/00, 12/14/00, 12/15/00, 12/18/00, 12/19/00
	2/19/00, 12/20/00, 12/20/00, 12/21/00, 12/21/00, 12/22/00
	2/22/00, 12/26/00, 12/26/00, 12/27/00, 12/27/00, 12/28/00
	2/28/00, 12/28/00, 12/29/00, 12/29/00, 12/29/00

3.	Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

		Code		P
		V

4.	Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
	(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

		Amount	1,975,245 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$4.125/share

		Amount	1,000 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$3.385/share

		Amount	2,500 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$3.579/share

		Amount	4,200 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$5.07828/share

		Amount	16,400 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$5.77991/share

		Amount	7,000 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$7.16143/share

		Amount	9,500 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$6.81741/share

		Amount	6,000 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$6.74127/share

		Amount	4,000 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$6.94/share

		Amount	6,500 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$7.37654/share

		Amount	7,000 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$7.21893/share

		Amount	19,000 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$7.58773/share

		Amount	20,000 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$8.0005/share

		Amount	23,100 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$10.3659/share

		Amount	20,000 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$10.688/share

		Amount	9,500 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$9.44185/share

		Amount	8,000 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$9.63875/share

		Amount	23,200 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$11.2447/share

		Amount	17,500 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$11.7181/share

		Amount	37,500 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$10.7057/share

		Amount	39,000 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$13.2407/share

		Amount	62,000 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$12.9502/share

		Amount	28,200 shares
		(A) or (D)A
		Price	$12.9359/share

5.	Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month
(Instr. 3 and 4)

		-7,740,578- (1)

6.	Ownership Form:  Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
	(Instr. 4)

		I

7.	Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
	(Instr. 4)

		7,678,478 shares are owned by Astoria Capital Partners,
		L.P. (1) (3)

		62,100 shares are owned by Montavilla Partners, L.P. (3)



	Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired,
	Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
	(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1.	Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

	(i)	Common Stock Purchase Warrant

	(ii)	Common Stock Purchase Warrant

	(iii)	Series A Convertible Preferred Stock par value $1.00

2.	Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

	(i)   $2.46

	(ii)  $7.00

	(iii) N/A

3.	Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

	N/A

4.	Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

	N/A

5.	Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or
	Disposed of (D)
	(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

		(A)	-0-
		(D)	-0-

6.	Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

	(i)	Date Exercisable	12/01/00
		Expiration Date	03/16/05

	(ii)	Date Exercisable	11/30/00
		Expiration Date	11/30/05

	(iii)	Date Exercisable	At discretion of holder
		Expiration Date	None

7.	Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

	(i)	Title 	Common Stock, $.10 par value
		Amount or Number of Shares	1,086,496 (2)

	(ii)	Title 	Common Stock, $.10 par value
		Amount or Number of Shares	500,000

	(iii)	Title 	Common Stock, $.10 par value
		Amount or Number of Shares	500,100

8.	Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

	N/A

9.	Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at
	End of Month (Instr. 4)

	(i)	1,086,496 (2)

	(ii)	500,000

	(iii)300,000

10.	Ownership Form of Derivative Security:  Direct (D) or
	Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

		I

11.	Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

		By Astoria Capital Partners, L.P. (3)

Explanation of Responses:

(1)  Up to 70,391 additional shares of Raining Data common stock
may be received pursuant to the terms of the Merger of PickAx
Inc. into Raining Data Corp if certain performance targets
relating to Raining Data's business are achieved.

(2)  The common stock purchase warrant may be exercisable for up
to 120,722 additional shares of Raining Data common stock
pursuant to the terms of the Merger if certain performance
targets relating to Raining Data's business are achieved.

(3)  The reporting person is a general partner of each of the
limited partnerships and a shareholder of each of the limited
partnerships' other general partner.  The reporting person
disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except
to the extent of his pecuniary interest in the limited
partnership.





				/s/ Richard W. Koe        	1/9/01
				Richard W. Koe 	Date

**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations.  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C.
78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be
manually signed.  If space provided is insufficient, see
Instruction 6 for procedure.