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Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 18, 2001

Registration No.            

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Unify Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	94-2710559
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

2101 Arena Blvd., Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95834
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Unify Corporation 2001 Stock Option Plan,
Unify Corporation 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)

David Adams, Chief Financial Officer
Unify Corporation
2101 Arena Blvd., Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95834
(Name and address of agent for service)

Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (916) 928-6400

    This registration statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with Rule 462 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of securities to be registered(1)	Amount to be registered(2)	Proposed maximum offering price per share(3)	Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(3)	Amount of registration fee
2001 Stock Option Plan
Common Stock ($0.0005 par value)	1,950,000	$0.29	$565,500	$141.38
1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock ($0.0005 par value)	1,000,000	$0.29	$290,000	$72.50
Total	2,950,000		$855,500	$213.88

(1)

The securities to be registered include options and rights to acquire Common Stock.

(2)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.

(3)

Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. As to the shares issuable pursuant to the 2001 Stock Option Plan and the 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the price is based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on October 16, 2001, as reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

    Unify Corporation (the "Company") hereby incorporates by reference in this registration statement the following documents:

    (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2001, as filed with the Commission on July 30, 2001 (File Number 001-11807).

    (b) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a) above.

    (c) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

    All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4. Description of Securities

    The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

    Inapplicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

    The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that the Company shall indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent permitted by Delaware law, including in circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise discretionary under Delaware law. In addition, the Company has entered into separate indemnification agreements with its directors and officers which would require the Company, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities which may arise by reason of their status or service (other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a culpable nature), to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified and to maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance, if available on reasonable terms.

    These indemnification provisions may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Company's officers and directors for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed

    Inapplicable.

Item 8. Exhibits

    See Exhibit Index.

Item 9. Undertakings

    (a)  Rule 415 Offering

    The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

    (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

     (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

    (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement;

    (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

    (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

    (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

    (b)  Filing incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by reference

    The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

    (h)  Request for acceleration of effective date or filing of registration statement on Form S-8

    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURE

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sacramento, State of California, on October 18, 2001.

UNIFY CORPORATION
By:	/s/ TODD WILLE Todd Wille Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

    The officers and directors of Unify Corporation whose signatures appear below, hereby constitute and appoint Todd Wille and David Adams, and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that each of said attorney and agent, or their or his substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 18, 2001.

Signature	Title
/s/ TODD WILLE Todd Wille	President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ DAVID ADAMS David Adams	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ KURT M. GARBE Kurt M. Garbe	Director
/s/ STEVE WHITEMAN Steven D. Whiteman	Director

EXHIBIT INDEX

4.1	Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission effective April 6, 1996 (File No. 333-3834)
4.2	Bylaws of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission effective April 6, 1996 (File No. 333-3834)
5	Opinion re legality
23.1	Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2	Independent Auditors' Consent
24	Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement)

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PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings

SIGNATURE
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX