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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors
Rogue Wave Software, Inc:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No.
333-16749, 333-48485 and 333-48525) on Form S-8 of Rogue Wave Software, Inc. of
our reports dated October 20, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of Rogue Wave Software, Inc. and subsidiaries as of September 30, 1999 and 2000
and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended September 30,
2000, and the related schedule, which reports appear in the September 30, 2000,
annual report on Form 10-K, of Rogue Wave Software, Inc.
KPMG LLP
Boulder, Colorado
November 27, 2000
