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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                           --------------------------

                     COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
                           --------------------------
              Delaware                                  13-2857434
     State or other jurisdiction of                 (I.R.S. Employer
     incorporation or organization)                 Identification No.)
                           --------------------------
                          One Computer Associates Plaza
                            Islandia, New York 11749
               (Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
                           --------------------------
          COMPUTER MANAGEMENT SCIENCES, INC. 1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                   MIACO CORPORATION STOCK OPTION PLAN (1991)
                            (Full title of the plan)


                                     IRA ZAR
                 Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer
                     COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
          One Computer Associates Plaza, Islandia, New York 11788-7000
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (516) 342-5224

          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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<CAPTION>

                                         Proposed   Proposed
                                         Maximum    Maximum
                                         Offering   Aggregate
Title of Securities to   Amount to be    Price      Offering   Amount of
be Registered            Registered(1)   Per Unit   Price      Registration Fee
- ------------------------ -------------  ----------  ---------  ----------------
<S>                      <C>             <C>        <C>        <C>
Common Stock,  $.10 par
value per share,
together with  the       19,484 Shares   $44.25     $862,167   $240.00
associated right to
purchase shares of       106 Shares      $44.25     $  4,691   $  2.00
Series One Junior
Participating
Preferred Stock, Class
A, without par value.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL:                   19,590 Shares              $866,858   $242.00
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<FN>

(1) Rights are attached to and trade with the Registrant's  Common Stock and are
    issued for no additional consideration. The value attributable to Rights, if
    any, is reflected in the market price of the Common Stock.
    No additional registration fee is required.

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                                     PART I

Item 1.  Plan Information

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee
                  Plan Annual Information


                                     PART II


Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The documents  listed in (a) through (c) below are hereby  incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement:

                  (a) The Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for its fiscal
year ended March 31,  1999,  filed  pursuant  to Sections  13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");

                  (b) All other  reports  filed  pursuant to  Sections  13(a) or
15(d) of the  Exchange  Act  since the end of the  fiscal  year  covered  by the
Registrant document referred to in (a) above; and

                  (c) The  description  of the  Registrant's  common stock,  par
value $.10 per share,  outlined in the  Registrant's  registration  statement on
Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, which in turn  incorporates  by reference
the  description  in  the  Registrant's   Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-1
(Registration  No.  2-74618)  filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act").

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

                  Not Applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

                  Steven M. Woghin,  who rendered the opinion as to the legality
of the Registrant's  common stock to be issued pursuant  hereto,  is employed by
the Registrant as Senior Vice President and General  Counsel.  Mr. Woghin is the
beneficial owner of 2,687 shares (including 2,137 shares credited to his account
in the  Registrant's  tax  qualified  profit  sharing  plan) and of  options  to
purchase 64,249 shares, of Registrant's common stock.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

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         As permitted by Section of 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
Article  EIGHTH  of  the  Registrant's  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation
provides:

         "The  Corporation  shall to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145
         of the General Corporation Law of Delaware,  as the same may be amended
         and supplemented,  indemnify any and all persons it shall have power to
         indemnify  under  said  section  from  and  against  any and all of the
         expenses,  liabilities  or other  matters  referred to in or covered by
         said section, and the indemnification  provided for herein shall not be
         deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those  indemnified may be
         entitled  under  any  ByLaw,   agreement,   vote  of   stockholders  or
         disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official
         capacity  and as to action  in  another  capacity  while  holding  such
         office,  and  shall  continue  as to a person  who has  ceased  to be a
         director,  officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of
         the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person."

                  The Registrant's  Restated  Certificate of Incorporation  also
limits the  personal  liability of  directors  for  monetary  damages in certain
instances and eliminates  director  liability for monetary  damages arising from
any breach of the director's duty of care.

                  The Registrant maintains insurance on behalf of any person who
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or is or was
serving at the request of the  Registrant  as a director,  officer,  employee or
agent  of  another  corporation,  partnership,  joint  venture,  trust  or other
enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any
such  capacity,  or  arising  out of his  status  as  such,  whether  or not the
Registrant  would have the power to indemnify him against such  liability  under
the provisions of the Registrant's  Restated  Certificate of  Incorporation,  as
amended.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

                  Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

                  See the Exhibits Index attached hereto.


Item 9.  Undertakings.

A.       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;

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                  (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; and

                  (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(1)(ii) do not
                  apply  if  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  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934
                  that  are  incorporated  by  reference  in  this  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  initial  bona
                  fide offering thereof.

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

B. 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
   Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 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.

C. Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities  arising under the Securities Act
   may be  permitted  to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  person  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
   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

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   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 Act
   and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         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 Town of Islip, County of Suffolk and State of New York on the
28 day of May, 1999.

                                      COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.



                                       By:/s/ Ira Zar
                                          ----------------------------------
                                          Ira Zar
                                          Senior Vice President
                                          Chief Financial Officer





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS that each  individual  whose  signature
appears below  constitutes and appoints Charles B. Wang and Ira Zar, and each of
them,  his true and  lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  with full  power of
substitution,  for  him  and in his  name,  place  and  stead,  in any  and  all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and all  documents in connection  therewith,  with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission,  granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full  power  and  authority  to do and  perform  each and  every  act and  thing
requisite and  necessary to be done in and about the  premises,  as fully to all
intents and  purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby  ratifying  and
confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents or any of them, or their
or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.




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         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:


/s/ Charles B. Wang
- -----------------------------
Charles B. Wang               Chairman, Chief Executive Officer  May 28, 1999
                              and Director (Principal Executive
                                    Officer)
/s/ Ira Zar
- -----------------------------
Ira Zar                       Senior Vice President and Chief    May 28, 1999
                              Financial Officer (Principal
                              Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Russell M. Artzt
- -----------------------------
Russell M. Artzt              Director                           May 28, 1999

/s/ Willem F.P. de Vogel
- -----------------------------
Willem F.P. de Vogel          Director                           May 28, 1999

/s/ Irving Goldstein
- -----------------------------
Irving Goldstein              Director                           May 3, 1999

/s/ Richard A. Grasso
- -----------------------------
Richard A. Grasso             Director                           May 4, 1999

/s/ Shirley Strum Kenny
- -----------------------------
Shirley Strum Kenny           Director                           May 28, 1999

/s/ Sanjay Kumar
- -----------------------------
Sanjay Kumar                  Director                           April 28, 1999

/s/ Roel Pieper
- -----------------------------
Roel Pieper                   Director                           May 28, 1999



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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 Exhibit Number                                               Exhibits to
                           Description                        This Report

5       Opinion of Steven M. Woghin, Esq. as to the
        legality of the shares being offered                  Exhibit 5

10.1    Computer Management Sciences, Inc. 1995 Stock
        Incentive Plan                                        Exhibit 10.1

10.2    Miaco Corporation Stock Option Plan (1991)            Exhibit 10.2

23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP                          Exhibit 23.1

23.2    Consent of Steven M. Woghin, Esq. (contained in
        his opinion in Exhibit 5)                             Filed as Exhibit 5




                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.1
                       COMPUTER MANAGEMENT SCIENCES, INC.
                            1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN



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1. PURPOSES

         The  purposes of the Computer  Management  Sciences,  Inc.,  1995 Stock
Incentive  Plan are to (i) provide an incentive  and reward to key  employees of
the Company who are, and have been,  in a position to  contribute  materially to
expanding  and  improving the  Company's  profits,  (ii) aid in  attracting  and
retaining  employees of outstanding  ability,  and (iii) encourage  ownership of
Shares by employees.

2. DEFINITIONS

         2.1 For  purposes  of the Plan,  the  following  terms  shall  have the
definition  which is attributed to them,  unless  another  definition is clearly
indicated by a particular usage and context:

                  (a)   "Agreement"  means the  written  document  issued by the
                        Committee to a  Participant  whereby an Award is made to
                        that Participant.

                  (b)   "Award"  means the  issuance  pursuant  to the Plan of
                        an  Option,  a SAR or  Restricted Stock.

                  (c)   "Awarded Shares" means Shares subject to outstanding
                        Awards.

                  (d)   "Board" means the Company's Board of Directors.

                  (e) "Cause" means theft or destruction (other than as a result
         of  simple  negligence)  of  property  of  the  Company,  a  Parent  or
         Subsidiary,   disregard  of  Company  rules  or  policies,  or  conduct
         evidencing  willful or wanton disregard of the interest of the Company.
         Such determination  shall be made by the Committee based on information
         presented  by the  Company  and the  Employee  and  shall be final  and
         binding on all parties hereto.

                  (f)   "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
                        amended.

                  (g)   "Committee" means the Compensation Committee appointed
                        by the Board.

                  (h) "Company"  means  Computer  Management  Sciences,  Inc., a
         corporation  incorporated  under the laws of the State of Florida,  and
         any successor thereto.

                  (i)      "Effective  Date of Grant"  means the  effective
         date on which the  Committee  makes an Award.

                  (j) "Employee" means any individual who performs services as a
         common law  employee  for the Company,  a Parent or  Subsidiary  and is
         included on the regular payroll of the Company, a Parent or Subsidiary.

                  (k) "Fair  Market  Value" means the value  established  by the
         Committee  based  upon  such  factors  as the  Committee  in  its  sole
         discretion  shall  decide,  including,  but not limited to, a valuation
         prepared by an independent third party appraiser selected or approved

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         by the Committee.  If at any time the Stock is traded on an established
         trading  system,  it means the last sale  price  reported  on any stock
         exchange or over-the-counter trading system on which Shares are trading
         on a specified  date or, if not so trading,  the average of the closing
         bid and asked  prices for a Share on a specified  date.  If no sale has
         been made on the specified  date, then prices on the last preceding day
         on  which  any  such  sale  shall  have  been  made  shall  be  used in
         determining  fair market value under either  method  prescribed  in the
         previous sentence.

                  (l)  "Incentive  Stock Option" means any Option  granted under
         the Plan which meets the  requirements  of Code  Section  422,  and any
         regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder, and is designated by the
         Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.

                  (m) "Nonqualified Stock Option" means any Option granted under
         the Plan which is not an Incentive Stock Option.

                  (n)  "Option"  means the right to purchase  from the Company a
         stated number of Shares at a specified price.

                  (o) "Option  Price" means the purchase price per Share subject
         to an Option and shall be fixed by the Committee.

                  (p) "Parent" means any corporation (other than the Company) in
         an unbroken chain of  corporations  ending with the Company,  if at the
         time of granting of an option, each of the corporations (other than the
         Company) owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting
         power of all classes of stock in one of the other  corporations in such
         chain within the meaning of Code Section 424(e) and any  regulations or
         rulings promulgated thereunder.

                  (q)  "Participant" means an Employee who has received an
                       Award under the Plan.

                  (r)  "Permanent  and  Total  Disability"  shall  have the same
         meaning  as  given  to  such  term  by Code  Section  77(a)(7)  and any
         regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder.

                  (s)  "Plan" means the Computer  Management  Sciences,  Inc.
         1995 Stock  Incentive  Plan,  as evidenced herein and as amended from
         time to time.

                  (t)  "Restriction  Period"  means a period  commencing  on the
         Effective Date of Grant and ending on such date or upon the achievement
         of such performance or other criteria as the Committee shall determine.
         The Restriction Period may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be
         structured to provide for a release of restrictions in installments.

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                  (u) "Restricted  Stock" means Shares issued to the Participant
         pursuant to Section 9 hereof which are subject to the  restrictions  of
         the Plan and the Agreement.

                  (v)  "Rule  16b-3"  means  Rule  16b-3 as  promulgated  by the

         Securities and Exchange Commission under the 1934 Act, or any successor
         rule or regulation thereto.

                  (w)  "SAR"  means  stock  appreciation   rights  issued  to  a
         Participant pursuant to Section 8 hereof.

                  (x) "SAR  Price"  means  the  base  value  established  by the
         Committee for a SAR on the Effective  Date of Grant used in determining
         the amount of benefit, if any, paid to a Participant.

                  (y)  "Share" means one share of the common stock, $.01 par
         value, of the Company.

                  (z) "Subsidiary" means any corporation in an unbroken chain of
         corporations beginning with the Company, if at the time of the granting
         of  the  Award,   each  of  the  corporations   (other  than  the  last
         corporation) in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of
         the total  combined  voting power of all classes of stock in one of the
         other  corporations  in such chain,  within the meaning of Code Section
         424(f) and any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder.

                  (aa)"1933 Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

                  (bb)"1934 Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
                       as amended.

3.       ADMINISTRATION

         3.1 The Plan shall be administered by a Committee  composed of not less
than two members of the Board which will be  appointed  by the Board;  provided,
however,  that  commencing on the date on which the company first  registers any
class of its  securities  under  Section 12 of the 1934 Act,  each member of the
Committee shall be a "disinterested person" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3.

         3.2 The  Committee  shall  from  time to  time at its  sole  discretion
designate the key Employees who shall be  Participants,  determine all the terms
and  conditions  of Awards as set forth in Section 6.1 of the Plan or otherwise,
including the type of Award to be made to each, the exercise period,  expiration
date and other  applicable  time  periods for each  Award,  the number of Shares
subject to each Award and, if applicable,  the Option Price or SAR Price and the
general terms of the Award.

         3.3  The  interpretation  and  construction  by  the  Committee  of any
provisions of the Plan or of any Option  granted under it and all actions of the

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Committee  shall be final and  binding on all parties  hereto.  No member of the
Board or the Committee shall be liable for any action or  determination  made in
good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award granted under it.

4.       ELIGIBILITY

         4.1      Each  Employee  who  the  Committee  in  its  sole  discretion
designates  is  eligible  to be a Participant.

         4.2 A  Participant  may hold  more than one Award but only on the terms
and subject to the restrictions set forth in the Plan.

5.       STOCK

         5.1      The aggregate number of Shares which may be issued under the
Plan shall be 425,000 Shares.

         5.2 In the event that any  outstanding  Award under the Plan expires or
is terminated for any reason, and if such expiration or termination occurs prior
to the payment of dividends  or the  exercise by the holder of other  indicia of
ownership of the Shares to which the Award  relates,  the Awarded Shares subject
to that Award may again be the subject of an Award under the Plan.

6.       TERMS AND CONDITIONS

         6.1 Awards  granted  pursuant  to the Plan shall be  authorized  by the
Committee  under terms and  conditions  approved by the  Committee  and shall be
evidenced by Agreements  in such form as the  Committee  shall from time to time
approve,  which  Agreements  shall  contain or shall be subject to the following
terms and conditions,  whether or not such terms and conditions are specifically
included therein:


                  (a) Number of Shares.  Each  Agreement  shall  state the
         number of Shares to which the Award pertains.

                  (b) Date.  Each Agreement shall state the Effective Date of
         Grant.

                  (c) Price. With respect to each Award or portion thereof which
         requires  payment of an Option  Price,  the  Agreement  shall state the
         Option Price.  With respect to each Award of a SAR, the Agreement shall
         state the SAR Price.

                  (d)  Exercise.  With  respect  to each Award of an Option or a
         SAR, the Agreement  shall describe the time at which such Option or SAR
         may be exercised  and  designate  any  applicable  vesting  schedule as
         determined by the Committee.

                  (e) Method and Time of Payment.  With  respect to any Award or

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         portion thereof which requires  payment of an Option Price,  the Option
         Price  shall be payable on the  exercise of the Award and shall be paid
         in cash, in Shares  (including Shares acquired pursuant to the Plan) or
         a  combination  of both.  Shares  transferred  in payment of the Option
         Price  shall be valued as of the date of  transfer  based on their Fair
         Market Value.

                  (f) Transfer of Option or Stock. No Option,  SAR or Restricted
         Stock  (prior to the  expiration  of the  Restricted  Period)  shall be
         transferable by the  Participant  except by will or the laws of descent
         and distribution upon the Participant's  death and subject to any other
         limitations of the Plan. In addition to any other restriction hereunder
         or otherwise provided in the Agreement with the Participant,  no Shares
         acquired  pursuant to an Award of any type may be sold,  transferred or
         otherwise  disposed of prior to the end of the six months  period which
         begins on the Effective Date of Grant of such Award.

                  (g) Recapitalization.  The Committee, in its sole and absolute
         discretion,  shall make  appropriate  adjustments  in (i) the number of
         Awarded Shares, (ii) the aggregate number of Shares which may be issued
         under the Plan  pursuant  to Section  5.1  hereof,  or (iii) the Option
         Price or SAR  Price,  in order to give  effect to  changes  made in the
         number of  outstanding  Shares as a result of a merger,  consolidation,
         recapitalization,  reclassification, combination, stock dividend, stock
         split, or other relevant change in the  capitalization  of the Company.
         The  Committee  shall not be  obligated  to make any such  adjustments;
         provided,  however, with respect to Restricted Stock,  adjustments will
         be made to the same extent provided to stockholders of Shares which are
         not Restricted Stock.

                  (h)      Investment Purpose.

                           (i)  The Company  shall not be  obligated to sell
                                or issue any  Shares  pursuant  to any Award
                                unless   such   Shares   are  at  that  time
                                effectively   registered   or  exempt   from
                                registration   under  the  1933   Act.   The
                                determination  of  whether a Share is exempt
                                from  registration  shall  be  made  by  the
                                Company's     legal    counsel    and    its
                                determination   shall  be   conclusive   and
                                binding on all parties hereto.

                           (ii) Notwithstanding  anything  in  the  Plan  to the
                                contrary,  each  Award  under the Plan  shall be
                                granted on the  condition  that the purchases of
                                Shares   thereunder   shall  be  for  investment
                                purposes  and  not  with a view  for  resale  or
                                distribution except that in the event the Shares
                                subject to such Award are  registered  under the
                                1933  Act,  or in the  event of a resale of such
                                Shares  without  such  registration  that  would
                                otherwise be  permissible,  such condition shall
                                be inoperative if, in the opinion of counsel for
                                the  Company,  such  condition  is not  required
                                under the 1933 Act or any other  applicable law,
                                regulation, or rule of any governmental agency.

                  (i) Other  Provisions.  Awards  authorized  under the Plan may

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contain any other  provisions or restrictions as the Committee,  in its sole and
absolute  discretion,  shall deem advisable  including,  but not limited to:

                           (i)  Offering  Options in tandem  with or reduced
                                by other  Options,  SARs or  other  employee
                                benefits  and  reducing  one  Award  by  the
                                exercise of another Option,  SAR or benefit; or

                           (ii) Providing  for the  issuance to the  Participant
                                upon  exercise  of an Option and  payment of the
                                exercise  price  thereof with  previously  owned
                                Shares, of an additional Award for the number of
                                shares so delivered, having such other terms and
                                conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as the
                                Committee shall determine.

         6.2  The  Company  may  place  such   legends  on  stock   certificates
representing the Shares as the Company, in its sole discretion,  deems necessary
or appropriate to reflect restrictions under the Plan, the Agreement,  the Code,
the federal and state securities laws or otherwise.

         6.3  Notwithstanding  any provision herein to the contrary,  employment
shall be at the  pleasure of the Board,  or its  designees,  of the  Company,  a
Parent  or  Subsidiary,  as  the  case  may  be,  at  such  compensation  as the
appropriate board or designee shall determine. Nothing contained in this Plan or
in any Award granted  pursuant to it shall confer upon any Employee any right to
continue in the employ of the Company, Parent or Subsidiary, as the case may be,
or to interfere in any way with the right of the Company,  Parent or  Subsidiary
to terminate  employment at any time. So long as the Participant  shall continue
to be an  Employee,  the  Award  shall  not be  affected  by any  change  of the
Participant's  duties or position  except to the extent the  Agreement  with the
Participant provides otherwise.

         6.4 Any person  entitled  to  exercise  an Option or a SAR may do so in
whole or in part by delivering to the Company at its principal office, attention
Corporate  Secretary,  a written  notice of exercise.  The written  notice shall
specify the number of Shares for which an Option or SAR is being exercised.

                  (a) With respect to an Option, the notice shall be accompanied
         by full payment of the Option Price for the Shares being purchased.

                  (b) During the Participant's lifetime, an Option or SAR may be
         exercised   only  by  the   Participant,   or  on  his  behalf  by  the
         Participant's legal guardian.

         6.5 With the consent of the Committee,  a Participant  may be permitted
to satisfy the Company's  withholding  tax  requirements by electing to have the
Company withhold Shares  otherwise  issuable to the Participant or to deliver to
the Company  Shares  having a Fair Market Value on the date income is recognized
pursuant to exercise of an Option  equal to the amount  required to be withheld.
The election  shall be made in writing and shall be made according to such rules
and in such form as the Committee may determine.

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7. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS AND NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS

         7.1 The Committee,  in its sole  discretion,  may designate  whether an
Award is to be considered an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock
Option.   The  Committee  may  grant  both  an  Incentive  Stock  Option  and  a
Nonqualified  Stock  Option  to the  same  individual.  However,  where  both an
Incentive Stock Option and a Nonqualified  Stock Option are awarded at one time,
such Awards  shall be deemed to have been awarded in separate  grants,  shall be
clearly  identified,  and in no event will the exercise of one such Award affect
the right to exercise  the other such Award  except to the extent the  Agreement
with the Participant provides otherwise.

         7.2 Any Award  designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option
will be subject to the general provisions applicable to all Awards granted under
the Plan. In addition,  the aggregate Fair Market Value of stock  (determined at
the Effective Date of Grant) with respect to which  Incentive  Stock Options and
other incentive stock options (as defined in Code Section 422) granted under all
plans of the  Company,  its  Parent and  Subsidiaries,  are  exercisable  by the
Participant  for the first time during any calendar  year (within the meaning of
Code Section 422(d)) shall not exceed $100,000.

         7.3 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Incentive Stock
Option  shall be granted to any  individual  who owns,  directly or  indirectly,
stock  representing  more than 10% of the  total  combined  voting  power of all
classes of stock of the Company,  a Parent or a Subsidiary,  as  determined  for
purposes of Code Section 422(b)(6),  unless (i) the Option Price is at least 110
percent of the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to such  Incentive  Stock
Option on the  Effective  Date of Grant and (ii) such Option by its terms is not
exercisable  after the  expiration of five (5) years from the Effective  Date of
Grant.

         7.4 The Option Price shall be established by the Committee, in its sole
discretion;  provided,  however,  that (i) with  respect to an  Incentive  Stock
Option, the Option Price shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of
a Share on the Effective Date of Grant,  and (ii) with respect to a Nonqualified
Stock  Option,  the Option  Price  shall not be less than 50% of the Fair Market
Value of a Share on the Effective Date of Grant.

         7.5 Any Award will be considered to be a  Nonqualified  Stock Option to
the extent that any or all of the grant is in conflict  with  Section 7.2 hereof
or with any requirement for Incentive Stock Options pursuant to Code Section 422
and the regulations issued thereunder.

         7.6      An Option may be terminated as follows:

                  (a)  During  the  period  of  continuous  employment  with the
         Company, Parent or Subsidiary,  an Option will be terminated only if it
         has been fully  exercised  or it has  expired  by its terms;  provided,
         however, that, except as provided in Section 7.3 hereof, each Incentive
         Option granted to a Participant  shall expire on the tenth  anniversary
         of the Effective Date of the Grant.

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                  (b) Upon termination of employment,  the option will terminate
         upon the  earliest of (i) the full  exercise  of the  Option,  (ii) the
         expiration  of the  Option by its  terms,  or (iii) not more than three
         months following the date of employment termination; provided, however,
         should termination of employment (A) result from the death or Permanent
         and Total  Disability  of the  Participant,  the period  referenced  in
         clause (iii) hereof shall be one year or (B) be for Cause or initiated
         by Employee without the Company's consent, the Option will terminate on
         the date of employment  termination.  For purposes of the Plan, a leave
         of  absence  approved  by  the  Company  shall  not  be  deemed  to  be
         termination  of  employment  except with respect to an Incentive  Stock
         Option as required to comply with Code Section 422 and the  regulations
         issued thereunder.

                  (c)   Subject  to  the  terms  of  the   Agreement   with  the
         Participant,  if  a  Participant  shall  die  or  become  subject  to a
         Permanent and Total  Disability  prior to the termination of employment
         with the Company,  Parent or Subsidiary and prior to the termination of
         an  Option,  such  Option  may be  exercised  to the  extent  that  the
         Participant  shall have been  entitled  to  exercise  it at the time of
         death or disability, as the case may be, by the Participant, the estate
         of the Participant or the person or persons to whom the Option may have
         been transferred by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

         7.7 Except as otherwise  expressly  provided in the Agreement  with the
Participant,  in no event will the  continuation of the term of an Option beyond
the date of termination of employment allow the Employee,  or his  beneficiaries
or heirs, to accrue additional rights under the Plan, or to purchase more Shares
through the exercise of an Option than could have been purchased on the day that
employment was terminated.

         7.8 A Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to
any  Shares  subject  to an  Option  until the date of the  issuance  of a stock
certificate  to him for such Shares.  No adjustment  shall be made for dividends
(ordinary or  extraordinary,  whether in cash,  securities or other property) or
distributions  or other  rights for which the  record  date is prior to the date
such stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 6.1(g) hereof.


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8.       STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

         8.1 The Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant to any Participant
a SAR. The Committee may impose such  conditions or restrictions on the exercise
of  any  SAR,  as  it  may  deem  appropriate,  including,  without  limitation,
restricting  the time of  exercise  of the SAR to  specified  periods  as may be
necessary to satisfy the requirements of Rule 16b-3.

         8.2 The SAR Price shall be established  by the  Committee,  in its sole
discretion.  The SAR Price shall not be less than (i) 100% of Fair Market  Value
of a Share on the  Effective  Date of Grant for a SAR  issued in tandem  with an
Incentive  Stock  Option  and  (ii) 50% of Fair  Market  Value of a Share on the
Effective Date of Grant for other SARs.

         8.3 Upon exercise of a SAR, the Participant shall be entitled,  subject
to the terms and  conditions  of this Plan and the  Agreement,  to  receive  the
excess of each Share being  exercised under the SAR of (i) the Fair Market Value
of such Share on the date of exercise over (ii) the SAR Price for such Share.

         8.4 At the sole discretion of the Committee, the payment of such excess
shall be made in (i) cash, (ii) Shares,  or (iii) a combination of both.  Shares
used for this payment  shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of
exercise of the applicable SAR.

         8.5  Shares  subject  to an Award of a SAR shall be  considered  Shares
which may be issued  under the Plan for  purposes of Section 5.1 hereof,  unless
the Agreement making the Award of the SAR provides that the exercise of such SAR
results in the  termination  of an  unexercised  Option  for the same  number of
Shares.

         8.6      A SAR may be terminated as follows:

                  (a)  During  the  period  of  continuous  employment  with the
         Company, Parent or Subsidiary,  a SAR will be terminated only if it has
         been fully exercised or it has expired by its terms.

                  (b) Upon  termination  of  employment,  the SAR will terminate
         upon  the  earliest  of (i) the  full  exercise  of the  SAR,  (ii) the
         expiration  of the SAR by its  terms,  and (iii)  not more  than  three
         months following the date of employment termination; provided, however,
         should termination of employment (A) result from the death or Permanent
         and Total  Disability  of the  Participant,  the period  referenced  in
         clause  (iii) hereof shall be one year or (B) be for Cause or initiated
         by Employee  without the Company's  consent,  the SAR will terminate on
         the date of employment termination.


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For purposes of the Plan, a leave of absence  approved by the Company  shall not
be deemed to be  termination  of  employment  unless  otherwise  provided in the
Agreement or by the Company on the date of the leave of absence.

                  (c)   Subject  to  the  terms  of  the   Agreement   with  the
         Participant,  if  a  Participant  shall  die  or  become  subject  to a
         Permanent and Total  Disability  prior to the termination of employment
         with the Company,  Parent or Subsidiary and prior to the termination of
         a SAR,  such SAR may be  exercised  to the extent that the  Participant
         shall  have  been  entitled  to  exercise  it at the  time of  death or
         disability,  as the case may be, by the Participant,  the estate of the
         Participant  or the  person  or  persons  to whom the SAR may have been
         transferred by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

                  (d) Except as otherwise  expressly  provided in the  Agreement
         with the Participant,  in no event will the continuation of the term of
         a SAR beyond the date of termination of employment  allow the Employee,
         or his  beneficiaries or heirs, to accrue  additional  rights under the
         Plan,  have  additional  SARs  available  for  exercise or to receive a
         higher benefit than the benefit  payable as if the SAR was exercised on
         the date of employment termination.

         8.7 Upon the  termination  or lapse  for any  reason of Shares of a SAR
which may be issued  under the Plan,  the number of Shares of such SAR that were
terminated or lapsed shall be again available for Award under the Plan.

         8.8 The Participant  shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect
to a SAR. In addition,  no adjustment  shall be made for dividends  (ordinary or
extraordinary,  whether in cash,  securities or other property) or distributions
or rights except as provided in Section 6.1(f) hereof.

9.       RESTRICTED STOCK

         9.1 The  Committee may award to a  Participant  Restricted  Stock under
such  terms  or  conditions  as the  Committee,  in its sole  discretion,  shall
determine and as otherwise provided herein.

         9.2 Restricted Stock shall be Shares which are subject to a Restriction
Period.

         9.3 Should the  Participant  terminate  employment for any reason other
than death or Permanent  and Total  Disability,  all  Restricted  Stock which is
still subject to the  Restriction  Period shall be forfeited and returned to the
Company for no payment.

         9.4 Upon such forfeiture, Shares representing such forfeited Restricted
Stock shall again become available for Award under the Plan.

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         9.5 The Committee may require  under such terms and  conditions,  as it
deems appropriate or desirable, that the certificates for Restricted Stock
awarded  under the Plan may be held by the  Company  or its  designee  until the
Restriction  Period  expires.  In addition,  the  Committee  may place upon such
certificate  such legend as the Committee deems necessary or appropriate and may
require as a condition of any receipt of Restricted  Stock that the  Participant
shall deliver a stock power endorsed in blank relating to the Restricted Stock.

10.      AMENDMENT OR DISCONTINUANCE OF PLAN

         10.1 This Board may at any time amend, suspend or discontinue the Plan;
provided,  however,  that without  further  approval of the  shareholders of the
Company no amendments by the Board shall:

                  (a) Change the class of Employees eligible to participate.

                  (b) Increase the  aggregate  number of Shares which may
         be issued under the Plan,  except as provided in Section 5.1 of the
         Plan, or

                  (c) Otherwise be made if  shareholder  approval is required to
         satisfy the requirements of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act.

         10.2 No  amendments to the Plan shall alter or impair any Award granted
under the Plan without the consent of the holders thereof.

         10.3  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 10, the Board
may change the class of  Employees  eligible  to  participate  or  increase  the
aggregate  number of Shares which may be issued under the Plan, where any future
amendment  or repeal of Section  422 of the Code  permits  such  action  without
resulting in the  disqualification  of an Option for the tax  benefits  provided
pursuant to Code Section 421, unless otherwise required by Rule 16b-3.

11.      INDEMNIFICATION OF COMMITTEE

         In addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as
Directors or as members of the Committee,  the members of the Committee shall be
indemnified by the Company against the reasonable expenses, including attorney's
fees,  actually  incurred  in  connection  with  the  defense  of  any  pending,
threatened or possible  action,  suit or proceeding,  or in connection  with any
pending, threatened or possible appeal therein, to which they or any of them may
be a party by reason of any  actual or  alleged  action  taken or failure to act
under or in  connection  with the Plan or any  option  granted  thereunder,  and
against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof (provided such settlement
is approved by the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any
such action,  suit or  proceeding,  except in relation to matters as to which it
shall be adjudged in such action,  suit or proceeding that such Committee member
is liable for gross  negligence or willful  misconduct in the performance of his
duties;  provided that within sixty days after  institution  of any such action,
suit or  proceeding a Committee  member  shall in writing  offer the Company the
opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same.

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12.      NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE OPTION OR SAR

         The  granting of an Option,  SAR or  Restricted  Stock shall  impose no
obligation  upon the  Participant  to exercise such Option or SAR or accept such
Restricted Stock.

13.      EFFECTIVE DATE; DURATION OF THE PLAN

         13.1     The Plan shall become effective as of September 1, 1995.

         13.2     No Award may be made after the tenth anniversary of the
                  Effective Date of the Plan.

14.      EFFECT OF PLAN

         The making of an Award  under the Plan  shall not give the  Participant
any right to similar  grants in future  years or any right to be retained in the
employ of the  Company,  the Parent or a  Subsidiary,  and a  Participant  shall
remain  subject  to  discharge  to the same  extent  as if the Plan  were not in
effect.

                                        COMPUTER MANAGEMENT SCIENCES, INC.


                                        By:/s/ Jerry W. Davis
                                           -------------------------------
                                           Jerry W. Davis
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer
Date:  September 6, 1995






                                MIACO CORPORATION
                            STOCK OPTION PLAN (1991)

1        PURPOSE.

The  purpose  of the MIACO  Corporation  Stock  Option  Plan (the  "Plan") is to
provide a means by which  MIACO  Corporation  (the  "Corporation"),  through the
grant of stock options to employees deemed eligible by the  Corporation's  Board
of  Directors,  may attract and retain  persons of ability  and  motivate  these
persons to exert their best efforts on behalf of the Corporation. It is intended
that any option  granted  under the Plan shall not be an incentive  stock option
under Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code of 986, as amended.

2.       SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

There  shall be  reserved  500,000  shares  of the  voting  common  stock of the
Corporation for which options may be granted under the Plan. The reserved shares
may be authorized and unissued  shares or treasury  shares of the Corporation or
any  combination  of  both  as  determined  by the  Board  of  Directors  of the
Corporation.  If an option  granted  under the Plan  expires,  terminates  or is
cancelled for any reason,  the shares of stock representing that option shall be
available again under the Plan.

3.       ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.

The Plan shall be  administered  by the Board of Directors  of the  Corporation.
Subject to and not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall
have complete  authority in its  discretion  to interpret all  provisions of the
Plan  consistently  with  the  law,  to  prescribe  the  form of the  instrument
evidencing  any  option  granted  under the Plan,  to adopt,  amend and  rescind
general and special rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan and
to mike all other  determinations  necessary or advisable for the administration
of the Plan,

4.       ELIGIBILITY AND GRANT OF OPTIONS UNDER THE PLAN.

Options  may be granted to those  officers,  executives,  supervisory  and other
employees of the  Corporation  as may be determined by the Board of Directors in
its sole discretion.

No option shall be granted under the Plan after 31 March 1996.

5.       TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS GRANTED UNDER THE PLAN.

Each option  granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an agreement in a form
determined  by the Board.  Such  agreement  shall be  subject  to the  following
express terms and  conditions  and such other terms and  conditions as the Board
may deem appropriate.

(a) Option Period.  Each option agreement shall specify the period for which the
option  thereunder  is granted and shall provide that the option shall expire at
the end of such period. The period for which an option is granted may not exceed
10 years from the grant of the option.

(b)      Exercise of Option. An option granted to an optionee shall be
exercisable subject to the following express terms and conditions,

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(i) During the  Continuous  Employment  of the  Optionee.  Each option  shall be
exercisable  from time to time over a period  beginning  on the date of grant of
the  option  and  ending  on the  earlier  of  the  expiration,  termination  or
cancellation  of the  option;  provided,  however,  that  the  Board  may by the
provisions of any option agreement limit the number of shares  purchasable under
the  agreement  in any  period or  periods  of time  during  winch the option is
exercisable.

(ii) After the termination of employment of the optionee.  If an optionee ceases
to be a  continuous  employee of the  Corporation  for any reason,  his right to
exercise  any  option  under  the Plan  shall  terminate  on the  date  that his
continuous  employment  first ceases.  An employee of the  Corporation  shall be
deemed a "continuous employee" of the Corporation if the employee is a full time
employee,  actively working on the  Corporation's  behalf.  An employee shall be
deemed a "continuous employee" hereunder notwithstanding the fact that he or she
is not  actively  working  on the  Corporation's  behalf  due  to  either  (a) a
short-term  disability leave; (b) a leave of absence due to a documented medical
emergency in the employee's  immediate  family; or (c) a leave of absence due to
the employee  having been called to active duty in the  military  service of the
United States of America.  The employee  shall be deemed not to be a "continuous
employee" in the event his or her absence from active employment exceeds a total
of ninety days due to one or more of the  circumstances set forth in subsections
5(b)(ii)(a-c) above, The Board of Directors of the Corporation,  in its capacity
as the  responsible  body for  administration  of this  Plan,  shall  have  sole
discretion  in  interpreting  any  questions  which arise under this  subsection
5(b)(ii).

(c)      Option Price. The option price per share shall be determined by the
         Board.

(d)      Payment Of Purchase Price Upon Exercise. Each option shall provide that
the purchase price of the shares for which an option may be exercised shall be
paid in cash to the Corporation at the time of exercise.

(e)      Nontransferability. No option granted under the Plan shall be
transferable. During his lifetime, an option shall be exercisable only by the
optionee.

(f) Investment Representation and Acknowledgement of Transfer Restrictions.  The
shares of stock to be issued  upon the  exercise  of all or any  portion  of any
option granted under the Plan shall be issued on the condition that the optionee
acknowledges and agrees to the Corporation's absolute right to veto any proposed
transfer of shares  received  upon exercise of options  granted  hereunder or to
repurchase any such shares upon a proposed  transfer or upon  termination of the
optionee's  employment  and that the  optionee  represents  that the  option and
purchase of stock upon exercise of the option shall be for  investment  purposes
and not with a view to resale, distribution, offering, transferring, mortgaging,
pledging,   hypothecating  or  otherwise  disposing  of  any  such  stock  under
circumstances which would constitute a public offering or distribution under the
Securities Act of 1933 or the securities  laws of any state.  No shares of stock
shall be issued upon the  exercise of any option  unless the  Corporation  shall
have  received  from  the  optionee  a  written  statement  satisfactory  to the
Corporation,  or its counsel,  containing the above agreements,  acknowledgments
and  representations,  stating that a certificate  representing  such shares may
bear a legend  or  legends  restricting  their  transfer  and  stating  that the
Corporation's  transfer  agent  or  agents  may be  given  instructions  to stop
transfer of any certificate bearing such legend or legends.

(g) No  Rights  as a  Shareholder.  No  optionee  shall  have  any  rights  as a
shareholder with respect to any share subject to his option prior to the date of
issuance to him of a certificate for such share.

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(h)      No Rights To Continued Employment. The Plan and any option granted
under the Plan shall neither confer upon any optionee any right with respect to
continuance of employment by the Corporation, nor shall it interfere in any way
with the right of the Corporation to terminate his employment at any time,

(i) Merger or Sale of Assets. If the Corporation or its stockholders  enter into
an  agreement  to  dispose  of all,  or  substantially  all,  of the  assets  or
outstanding capital stock of the Corporation or to transfer more than 50% of the
capital stock of the Corporation by means of a sale or liquidation,  or a merger
or  reorganization  in which the  Corporation or a business  entity which is not
owned by the stockholders who own at least 50% of the Corporation's  outstanding
capital stock  immediately  prior to such  transaction  ("Affiliate") is not the
surviving corporation, the unexercised portion of any option shall be terminated
as of the effective date of such sale,  liquidation,  merger or  reorganization;
provided,  however, that the Board shall give written notice of the agreement to
an optionee,  and during the period  beginning  when the  optionee  receives the
notice and ending 60 days after that notice date,  the  optionee  shall have the
right,  conditioned  upon  consummation of the  contemplated  sale,  transfer or
transaction, to exercise his unexercised option(s) under the Plan without regard
to  installment  exercise  limitations,  if  any;  provided  further,  that  the
option(s)  may not be  exercised  after the fixed  period of the  option(s).  No
rights  shall arise under this  subsection  as a result of a  redemption  by the
Corporation or Affiliate of capital stock of the Corporation  which is triggered
by the death of one of the Corporation's  shareholders or by the execution of an
agreement contemplating such a redemption.

6.       COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS AND  REGULATIONS.

The Plan, the grant and exercise of options under the Plan and the obligation of
the Corporation to sell and deliver shares under such options,  shall be subject
to all  applicable  federal and state laws,  rules and  regulations  and to such
approvals  by any  government  or  regulatory  agency  as may be  required.  The
Corporation  shall not be  required  to issue or deliver  any  certificates  for
shares  of  common  stock  prior  to  the  completion  of  any  registration  or
qualification  of such  shares  under any federal or state law, or any ruling or
regulation of any  governmental  body which the  Corporation  shall, in its sole
discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable,

7.       AMENDMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE.

The Board may amend, suspend or discontinue the Plan; provided, however, that no
action of the Board of Directors may (a) increase the number of shares  reserved
for options  pursuant to Section 2 or (b) permit the  granting of options  which
expire  beyond the period  provided  for in Section  5(a).  Without  the written
consent of an optionee,  no amendment or  suspension  of the Plan shall alter or
impair any option previously granted to him under the Plan,

8.       EFFECTIVE DATE.

The effective date of the Plan shall be 1 April 1991.

9.       NAME OF THE PLAN.

The Plan shall be known as the MIACO Corporation Stock Option Plan.

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10.      EFFECT OF THE PLAN ON OTHER STOCK PLANS.

The  adoption  of the Plan  shall  have no effect  on awards  made or to be made
pursuant to other stock plans covering  employees of the  Corporation,  a parent
corporation or any predecessors or successors thereto.






                                                                       Exhibit 5


                                                      May 28, 1999



         Computer Associates International, Inc.
         One Computer Associates Plaza
         Islandia, New York  11788-7000


         Gentlemen:

                  I  have  acted  as  your  counsel  in   connection   with  the
         preparation of a Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration
         Statement")  to be filed under the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
         in  connection  with the issuance of up to 19,590 shares of your Common
         Stock,  together  with  associated  rights,  issuable  pursuant  to the
         Computer  Management  Sciences,  Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan and the
         Miaco Corporation Stock Option Plan (1991) (collectively, the "Plans").
         As  such  counsel,  I  have  examined  your  Restated   Certificate  of
         Incorporation,  your  By-Laws as amended to date,  the above  plans and
         such other  corporate  documents,  minutes and records as I have deemed
         appropriate.

                  Based upon the  foregoing,  it is my  opinion  that the 19,590
         shares  issuable in the  aggregate  pursuant to the Plans will be, upon
         issuance  thereof  in  accordance  with the Plans,  respectively,  duly
         authorized, validly issued, and fully paid and nonassessable.

                  I hereby  consent to the  reference to me in the  Registration
         Statement  under the caption "Legal  Opinion" and to the filing of this
         opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

                                                Very truly yours,


                                                /s/ Steven M. Woghin
                                                --------------------
                                                Steven M. Woghin
                                                Senior Vice President and
                                                 General Counsel




                                                                    Exhibit 23.1




                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8 for an aggregate 19,590 shares of Common Stock,  $.10 par value) of Computer
Associates International,  Inc. and subsidiaries and related prospectuses of our
report dated May 26, 1999, with respect to the consolidated financial statements
and schedule of Computer Associates  International,  Inc. included in its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal  year ended  March 31,  1999,  filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                                        ERNST & YOUNG LLP



New York, New York
May 26, 1999










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