8-K

                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                           Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 FORM 8-K

                               CURRENT REPORT

   Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 8, 1997

                       CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                0-21010
                         (Commission File Number)

  California                             94-2874178
  (State or other jurisdiction of        (I.R.S. Employee Identification No.)
   incorporation)

              975 Island Drive, Redwood Shores, California 94065
            (Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)

                               (650) 596-3400
             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

   Formerly Gupta Corporation, 1060 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, California 94025
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS.

          On December 8, 1997, Centura Software Corporation (the "Company") 
issued a press release announcing certain management changes, including the 
appointment of a new chief executive officer, chief financial officer and 
vice president of marketing. A copy of the Company's press release is 
attached as Exhibit 99.3 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

          In connection with the appointment of the three new executives, the 
Company has entered into a two-year management contract with Hickey & Hill, 
Inc., aligning the interests of the new executives with the creation of 
shareholder value. Under the management contract, the executives will be 
compensated as a group at the rate of $70,000 per month for the first two 
months under the contract and at the rate of $50,000 per month thereafter. In 
addition, the Company has granted to the executives as a group total options 
to purchase 1,500,000 shares of common stock at a price of $1.906 per share. 
The options vest in increments of 25% every six months, with accelerated 
vesting in the event the Company is acquired.

ITEM 7.   EXHIBITS.

Exhibit Number     Description

99.3               Press Release dated December 8, 1997





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                                  SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the 
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                      CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION



Date:  December 9, 1997               By:    /s/  John Bowman
                                         -------------------------------------
                                         John Bowman
                                         Vice President of Finance and
                                         Administration and Chief Financial
                                         Officer




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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit                                                         Page
Number                                                          No.
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99.3      Press Release dated December 8, 1997                   5







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EX-99.3

                                  EXHIBIT 99.3
                                  ------------

         "CENTURA ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT CHANGES THAT SUPPORT COMPANY'S 
                             STRATEGIC REPOSITIONING"

COMPANY WILL FOCUS ON PROVIDING EMBEDDED DATABASES AND APPLICATION 
DEVELOPMENT TOOLS FOR OPEN DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMS

REDWOOD SHORES, CA. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DEC. 8, 1997 -- Centura Software 
Corporation (NASDAQ:CNTR/formerly Gupta Technologies) announced today changes 
to its senior management team and Board of Directors. These appointments 
coincide with the Company's repositioning and new focus on delivering 
embedded databases and application development tools to its expanding customer 
base.

Centura has appointed Scott Broomfield as chief executive officer and member 
of the Board of Directors, John Bowman as chief financial officer and Kathy 
Lane as vice president of marketing, effective immediately.

Along with the management changes the Company announced two additions to its 
Board of Directors. Joining the Centura Board are Jack King, chief executive 
officer of Zitel Corporation and Philip Koen, Jr., chief financial officer of 
PointCast.

The new team replaces Richard Gelhaus, Centura's former CFO and William Grabe 
and Max Hopper, who were previously on the Centura Board. Former CEO, Sam 
Inman, will remain on the Board of Directors and Earl Stahl, Centura's CTO, 
will now function as a strategic advisor and consultant. He retains his 
position as a member of the Board of Directors. The Company has retained an 
executive search firm to recruit a new CTO/VP of Engineering.

"In the short time we've been involved at Centura, we've observed Centura 
products are technologically competitive, not only in the existing 
client/server world but in the emerging market for Web applications and in 
mobile computing", said Scott Broomfield, Centura's new chief executive 
officer. "We intend to implement sales and marketing programs that make our 
products visible to our target markets, Independent Software Developers and 
corporate application developers. These developers are seeking solutions we 
can provide, including the robust performance of an embedded database 
operating in a small memory footprint that does not require a database 
administrator."

"Centura has an installed base of over 1 million end users who are now using 
applications with embedded Centura products", said Kathy Lane, vice 
president, marketing. "A review of customers using Centura to develop and 
deliver software applications attests to the viability and competitiveness of 
our products. These customers include: UPS, who has embedded SQLBase in the 
UPS tracking software; ADP, which uses SQLWindows and SQLBase in their 
desktop



payroll product; and DeutscheBank which offers remote banking services using 
Centura products."

ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE

Since its inception in 1984, Centura has enjoyed a rich history of 
innovation, creating the first client/server DBMS for PCs. Its current 
product lineup includes an embedded database, SQLBase, and application 
development tools, SQL Windows, Centura Team Developer, and Quest/Web. Today, 
Centura has 26 offices around the world, supports hundred thousands of 
developers who embed our tools in applications used by more than 1 million 
end users. Today, Centura is moving our client/server products to the new 
world of the intranet and the Internet. Centura products are all Year 2000 
compliant.

For more information:

Centura Software Corp.
Scott Broomfield
Chief Executive Officer
650/596/3400
www.centurasoft.com

Miller Shandwick Technologies
Lisa J. Kelaita
Senior Vice President & General Manager
650-962-9550
lkelaita@shandwick.com



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