EXHIBIT 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
PeopleSoft, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement on
Form S-8 of PeopleSoft, Inc. of our report dated January 29, 2004, except as to
the 1st and 5th paragraphs of the section Customer Assurance Program in Note 7,
which is as of February 14, 2004, with respect to the consolidated balance
sheets of PeopleSoft, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2002,
and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and
comprehensive income, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related
financial statement schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 2003,
annual report on Form 10-K of PeopleSoft, Inc.

Our report refers to our audit of the adjustments that were applied and
disclosures added to revise the 2001 consolidated financial statements, as more
fully described in Notes 15 and 14 to the consolidated financial statements.
However, we were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the
2001 consolidated financial statements other than with respect to such
adjustments and disclosures.

Our report refers to the adoption of the Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.


                            /s/ KPMG LLP

Mountain View, California
November 9, 2004