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                                                                     EXHIBIT 3.1


                      CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF RESTATED
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                          OMNIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

        Omnis Technology Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under
and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,

        DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

        FIRST: That by unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors of
Omnis Technology Corporation (the "Corporation"), dated as of November 7, 2000,
resolutions were duly adopted setting forth proposed amendments of the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, declaring said amendment to be
advisable and calling a meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation for
consideration thereof. The resolution setting forth the proposed amendment is as
follows:


        RESOLVED, that the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
        Corporation be, and it hereby is, amended to restate Article First to
        read in full as follows:

                "FIRST. The name of the corporation is Raining Data
                Corporation."

        RESOLVED: That Article Fourth of the Restated Certificate of
        Incorporation of the Corporation be amended to read as follows:

                "FOURTH. This corporation is authorized to issue two classes of
stock to be designated, respectively, "common" and "preferred." The number of
common shares authorized is 30,000,000, each with a par value of $0.10. The
number of preferred shares authorized is 300,000, each with the par value of
$1.00."


        SECOND: That thereafter, pursuant to resolution of its Board of
Directors, the stockholders of said Corporation took action by holding a special
meeting of the stockholders on November 29, 2000 pursuant to which the necessary
number of shares was voted in favor of the amendment.

        THIRD: That said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the
provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.

        FOURTH: That the capital of said Corporation shall not be reduced under
or by reason of said amendment.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this certificate to be
signed by Geoffrey Wagner, the Secretary of the Corporation this 29th day of
November 2000.


                                            BY: /s/ Geoffrey Wagner
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                                               Geoffrey Wagner
                                               Secretary



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