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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                       ----------------------------------

                                    FORM 11-K


(Mark One)

               [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (D) OF THE
                SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]

                    For the Fiscal Year ended March 30, 2000

                                       OR

             [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (D) OF THE
                SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]

               For the transition period from _______ to ________

                          Commission file number 1-9247

                    COMPUTER ASSOCIATES SAVINGS HARVEST PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                     Computer Associates International, Inc.
                          One Computer Associates Plaza
                               Islandia, NY 11749

         (Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and
                 the address of its principal executive office)

<PAGE>

ITEM 1.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) The financial statements filed herewith consist of the
     following:

      Report of Independent Auditors                                  F-1

      Statement of Assets Available for Benefits
       as of March 30, 2000 and 1999                                  F-2

      Statement of Changes in Assets Available for
       Benefits for the Year Ended March 30, 2000                     F-3

      Notes to Financial Statements                                   F-4

      Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes
       at end of year; March 30, 2000                                F-10


(b) The exhibit filed in connection with this Annual Report
     is as follows:

      Exhibit Number                     Document
      --------------                  --------------
      Exhibit 23                      Consent of KPMG LLP


                     SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the members
of the Plan committee (who  administer the Computer  Associates  Savings Harvest
Plan)  have duly  caused  this  Annual  Report  to be signed by the  Undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.


                  COMPUTER ASSOCIATES
                  SAVINGS HARVEST PLAN


Date: September 25, 2000       By:  /s/ Ira Zar
                                    ----------------------
                                    Ira Zar
                                    Member, Plan Committee

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                          COMPUTER ASSOCIATES SAVINGS
                                  HARVEST PLAN

                       Financial Statements and Schedule

                            March 30, 2000 and 1999

                  (With Independent Auditors' Report Thereon)
<PAGE>


                    COMPUTER ASSOCIATES SAVINGS HARVEST PLAN
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                               Table of Contents

                                                                Page
<S>                                                             <C>

Independent Auditors' Report                                      1

Financial Statements

  Statements of Assets Available for Benefits
   as of March 30, 2000 and 1999                                  2

  Statement of Changes in Assets Available for
   Benefits for the year ended March 30, 2000                     3

  Notes to Financial Statements                                   4


Schedule

  Schedule of Assets Held for Investment
   Purposes at End of Year                                       10
</TABLE>
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                          Independent Auditors' Report


Computer Associates Savings Harvest Plan Committee
Computer Associates Savings Harvest Plan:


We have audited the accompanying  statements of assets available for benefits of
Computer  Associates  Savings  Harvest  Plan (the Plan) as of March 30, 2000 and
1999, and the related  statement of changes in assets available for benefits for
the year ended March 30, 2000. These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Plan's  management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the  United  States of  America.  Those  standards  require  that we plan and
perform the audits to obtain  reasonable  assurance  about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a
test basis,  evidence  supporting  the amounts and  disclosures in the financial
statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant  estimates  made by  management,  as well as evaluating  the overall
financial  statement  presentation.   We  believe  that  our  audits  provide  a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion,  the financial  statements  referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the assets available for benefits of the Plan as of March
30, 2000 and 1999, and the changes in assets available for benefits for the year
ended  March 30,  2000,  in  conformity  with  accounting  principles  generally
accepted in the United States of America.

Our audits  were  performed  for the  purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of
assets held for investment  purposes at end of year is presented for purposes of
additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements
but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and
Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure  under the Employee  Retirement  Income
Security Act of 1974. The  supplemental  schedule is the  responsibility  of the
Plan's management.  The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing
procedures  applied in our audits of the basic financial  statements and, in our
opinion,  are fairly  stated in all  material  respects in relation to the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.

                                                        /s/ KPMG LLP
September 20, 2000

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                    COMPUTER ASSOCIATES SAVINGS HARVEST PLAN

                  Statements of Assets Available for Benefits

                           March 30, 2000 and 1999
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                2000                    1999
                                            ------------            ------------
<S>                                         <C>                     <C>
Assets:
   Investments, at fair value               $782,084,805            $501,558,559
   Investments, at contract value              9,665,420                      -
   Participant loans receivable               10,671,012               9,052,206
                                            ------------            ------------
        Total investments                    802,421,237             510,610,765

   Employer contributions receivable          25,012,800              19,647,269
   Receivable from other plan                         -                4,138,499
                                            ------------            ------------

        Total assets                         827,434,037             534,396,533
                                            ------------            ------------
 Assets available for benefits              $827,434,037            $534,396,533
                                            ============            ============

<FN>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
</FN>
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
                    COMPUTER ASSOCIATES SAVINGS HARVEST PLAN

             Statement of Changes in Assets Available for Benefits

                            Year ended March 30, 2000
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                      <C>
Additions:
   Contributions:
        Employer's                                       $ 30,283,713
        Participants'                                      47,965,059
   Interest and dividend income                            27,126,298
   Net realized and unrealized appreciation
     in fair value of investments                         172,520,463
   Transfers from other plans                              97,181,901
                                                         ------------
                     Total additions                      375,077,434

Deductions:
   Benefit payments                                        81,896,967
   Administrative expenses                                    142,963
                                                         ------------
                     Total deductions                      82,039,930
                                                         ------------
Net increase                                              293,037,504

Assets available for benefits at beginning of year        534,396,533
                                                         ------------
Assets available for benefits at end of year             $827,434,037
                                                         ============
<FN>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
</FN>
</TABLE>
<PAGE>

                    COMPUTER ASSOCIATES SAVINGS HARVEST PLAN
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                 MARCH 30, 2000


(1) Description of the Plan

     The following  description of the Computer  Associates Savings Harvest Plan
     (the Plan) provides only general information.  Participants should refer to
     the Plan document for a complete description of the Plan's provisions.

(a) General

     The Plan is a defined  contribution  plan  covering all  eligible  salaried
     employees.  Employees are eligible to  participate in the Plan with respect
     to employee  contributions  as of the first of the month  following date of
     hire.  Eligibility  with  respect to employer  matching  and  discretionary
     contributions  occurs in the month following completion of one full year of
     service to Computer Associates International,  Inc. (the Company). The Plan
     is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
     of 1974, as amended (ERISA).

     The Plan is  administered by the Computer  Associates  Savings Harvest Plan
     Committee  (Plan  Committee)  which  consists of senior  management  of the
     Company. The trustee of the Plan is Fidelity Investments.

     As a result of  acquisitions  by the  Company,  the assets of the  Computer
     Management  Sciences Inc. Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan,  Platinum  Technology
     Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan,  Innovative Designs Employee Savings Plan and the
     Memco Software Inc. 401(k) Plan were  transferred  into the Plan during the
     plan year ended March 30, 2000. The assets of LDA Systems,  Inc. Retirement
     Savings Plan were partially  transferred into the Plan during the Plan year
     ended March 30, 1999 with the remaining  assets being  transferred into the
     Plan in May 1999.

(b) Participant Accounts

     A  separate  account  is  established  and  maintained  in the name of each
     participant and reflects the participant's  balance invested therein.  Such
     balance includes earnings and losses allocated to the participant's account
     based upon the  percentage  investment of the account  balance to the total
     fund balances.  Forfeited  balances of terminated  participant's  nonvested
     accounts may be used to reduce future Company  contributions  and fund Plan
     expenses.

(c) Contributions

     Plan  participants  may elect to  contribute  a  percentage  of their  base
     compensation  ranging  from 2% to 15%.  Each  participant  can change  this
     election at any time, but not more than once in a quarter.

     To comply  with the  applicable  Internal  Revenue  Code  (IRC)  provision,
     pre-tax contributions elected by any participant may not exceed $10,500 and
     $10,000  for  the  calendar   years  ended  December  31,  2000  and  1999,
     respectively. Participants may also contribute on an after-tax basis.
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                    COMPUTER ASSOCIATES SAVINGS HARVEST PLAN
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                 MARCH 30, 2000

     For eligible participants, the Company makes a matching contribution to the
     Plan on  behalf  of each  participant  equal  to 50% of such  participant's
     contribution up to a maximum of 2.5% of the participant's base compensation
     (contributions are subject to certain IRC limitations).  The total matching
     contribution  for the year ended  March 30,  2000 was  $9,578,586  of which
     $4,307,673 was funded from Plan forfeitures.

     In addition to its matching contribution, the Company may contribute to the
     Plan on behalf of eligible participants, a discretionary contribution in an
     amount  that  the  Board  of  Directors  of the  Company  may,  in its sole
     discretion,  determine.  The discretionary  contribution for the year ended
     March  30,  2000 was  $25,012,800,  which  was paid in the form of  438,340
     shares of common stock of the Company.  The  discretionary  contribution is
     allocated to each eligible participant who is an employee of the Company on
     March  30th,  generally  in the  same  ratio  that the  participant's  base
     compensation  for the  plan  year  bears to the  base  compensation  of all
     participants  for  such  plan  year.  The  discretionary  contribution  was
     allocated  directly  to  the  Computer  Associates  Stock  Fund  into  each
     participant's account.

(d) Vesting

     The matching and  discretionary  contributions  made by the Company vest as
     follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                             Percent          After years
                             vested           of service
                             -------          -----------
                              <S>             <C>
                                0%            Less than 3
                               20%                 3
                               40%                 4
                               60%                 5
                               80%                 6
                              100%                 7
</TABLE>
     In  addition,  100%  vesting  occurs  upon death or total  disability  of a
     participant,  upon attainment of normal retirement age, or upon termination
     of the Plan.

(e) Investment Options

     The  assets  of the Plan  are  invested  by  Fidelity  Investments  in nine
     separate funds:

     Fidelity  Retirement  Money  Market  Portfolio  - invests in  high-quality,
     short-term, U.S. dollar denominated money market securities of domestic and
     foreign issues.

     Fidelity  Intermediate  Bond  Fund -  invests  in U.S.  dollar  denominated
     investment-grade bonds of medium and high quality.
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                    COMPUTER ASSOCIATES SAVINGS HARVEST PLAN
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                 MARCH 30, 2000


     Fidelity  Puritan  Fund - invests  in  approximately  60% of its  assets in
     stocks and other  equity  securities  and the  remainder in bonds and other
     debt securities, including lower quality debt securities.

     Fidelity Growth and Income  Portfolio - invests a majority of its assets in
     common stocks, and may potentially invest in bonds, including lower quality
     debt securities.

     Fidelity  Spartan U.S. Equity Index - invests at least 80% of its assets in
     common stocks included in the Standard and Poor's 500 index.

     Fidelity Magellan Fund - invests primarily in common stocks of domestic and
     foreign issuers.

     Fidelity  Diversified  International  Fund -  invests  at least  65% of its
     assets in foreign securities, primarily in common stock.

     Computer Associates Stock Fund - invests in the common stock of the Company
     and temporarily in short-term liquid  investments such as  interest-bearing
     cash.

     Platinum  Stable Value Fund - consists of units in the Fidelity  Retirement
     Money Market  Portfolio  and a group annuity  contract with Pacific  Mutual
     Life Company.

     Participants  may direct  future  contributions  or transfer  their current
     investment balances between funds on a daily basis.

(f) Payment of Benefits

     The Plan provides for benefit  distributions to plan  participants or their
     beneficiaries upon the participant's retirement,  termination of employment
     or death.  Any  participant  may apply to  withdraw  all or part of his/her
     vested account balance subject to specific  hardship  withdrawal  provision
     criteria in the Plan and the approval of the Plan Committee.

(g) Participant Loans Receivable

     Any  participant  may  take  a  loan  from  his/her  account  once  certain
     provisions  of the Plan  have  been  met.  Upon the  death,  retirement  or
     termination of employment of the participant, the Plan may deduct the total
     unpaid balance or any portion  thereof from any payment or  distribution to
     which the participant or his or her beneficiaries may be entitled. Interest
     rates on loans  are  fixed  based on the  prevailing  market  rate when the
     application  for the loan is submitted.  The  prevailing  rate at March 30,
     2000 was 9%. All loans are being repaid in equal  semimonthly  installments
     and extend  from  periods  of one to five  years.  Certain  loans that were
     transferred from other plans had terms in excess of five years as they were
     for purchases of principal  residences.  Loans  outstanding as of March 30,
     2000 bore  interest  ranging from 7.5% - 10.5% and terms from one to twenty
     years.  Participant  loan fees are borne by the participant and amounted to
     $30,465 for the plan year ended March 30, 2000.
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                    COMPUTER ASSOCIATES SAVINGS HARVEST PLAN
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                 MARCH 30, 2000

(h) Administrative Expenses

     To the extent that the costs of record  keeping and  administration  of the
     funds are not covered by plan  forfeitures,  they are borne by the Company.
     Such  costs  for plan year  ended  March 30,  2000 were  $112,498  and were
     covered by Plan forfeitures.

     Certain Plan  investments  are shares of mutual  funds  managed by Fidelity
     Investments.  Fidelity  Investments  is the trustee as defined by the Plan;
     therefore,  these transactions qualify as  party-in-interest  transactions.
     Fees paid by the Plan for the investment  management  services  amounted to
     $97,546 for the year ended March 30, 2000.

(i) Plan Termination

     Although  it has not  expressed  any intent to do so, the  Company  has the
     right under the Plan to discontinue  its  contributions  at any time and to
     terminate  the Plan  subject to the  provisions  of ERISA.  In the event of
     termination  of the Plan,  participants  will  become  100% vested in their
     accounts.


(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

     The  accompanying  financial  statements  of the Plan have been prepared in
     accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting   principles.   The  more
     significant accounting policies followed by the Plan are as follows:

(a) Basis of Presentation

     The  accompanying  financial  statements  have been  prepared on an accrual
     method of accounting.

(b) Investments Valuation and Income Recognition

     In September 1999, the American  Institute of Certified Public  Accountants
     issued Statement of Position 99-3,  Accounting for and Reporting of Certain
     Defined  Contribution  Plan Investments and Other  Disclosure  Matters (SOP
     99-3).  SOP 99-3  simplifies the disclosure for certain  investments and is
     effective for plan years ending after  December 15, 1999.  The Plan adopted
     SOP  99-3  during  the  plan  year  ended  March  30,  2000.   Accordingly,
     information previously required to be disclosed about  participant-directed
     fund  investment  programs is not  presented  in the Plan's  March 30, 2000
     financial  statements.  The Plan's March 30, 1999 financial statements have
     been reclassified to conform with the current year's presentation.

     Investments  in Fidelity funds and the Computer  Associates  Stock Fund are
     stated  at fair  value  based  upon  quoted  prices in  published  sources.
     Participant  loans  receivable  are valued at face  value.  The  difference
     between cost at which they are stated and fair market value is immaterial.
<PAGE>
                    COMPUTER ASSOCIATES SAVINGS HARVEST PLAN
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                 MARCH 30, 2000

     As a result of the merger with Platinum  Technology Inc. (described in note
     1(a)),  the Plan added the  Platinum  Stable Value Fund  investment  option
     effective  November 1, 1999. No new contributions may be added to the fund.
     However,  transfers out of the fund and participant  withdrawals as defined
     by the Plan are  allowed.  At March 30,  2000,  the fund as reported on the
     accompanying  financial  statements  consists of $4,877,631 of the Fidelity
     Retirement  Money Market Account and a group annuity  contract  recorded at
     its contract value at March 30, 2000 of $4,787,789,  as it is fully benefit
     responsive. The fair value of the contract at March 30, 2000 is $4,640,495.
     The crediting  interest rates for the period from November 1, 1999 to March
     30,  2000 ranged from 5.41% to 5.43%.  The average  yield  during that same
     period was 5.42%.

     The  realized  net gain or loss on sale of  investments  is the  difference
     between the proceeds received and the average cost of investments sold. The
     unrealized  net gain or loss is the change in the  difference  between  the
     fair value and the cost of investments for each year.

     Purchases and sales are recorded on a trade-date basis.  Interest income is
     recorded  on the  accrual  basis and  dividend  income is  recorded  on the
     ex-dividend date.

(c) Payments of Benefits

     Benefits to participants or their beneficiaries are recorded when paid.

(d) Use of Estimates

     The  preparation  of financial  statements  in  conformity  with  generally
     accepted  accounting  principles  requires management to make estimates and
     assumptions  that affect the reported amounts of assets,  liabilities,  and
     changes  therein,  and  disclosure  of contingent  assets and  liabilities.
     Actual results could differ from those estimates.


(3) Investments

     The  following  individual  investments  exceeded  5% of the Plan's  assets
     available for benefits at March 30, 2000 and 1999:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                2000               1999
                                            ------------       ------------
<S>                                         <C>                <C>
Fidelity Retirement Money Market
         Portfolio                          $ 74,023,807       $ 46,016,737
Fidelity Puritan Fund                         50,334,627         49,324,144
Fidelity Growth and Income Portfolio          80,252,576         60,932,810
Fidelity Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund       65,936,392         49,087,484
Fidelity Magellan Fund                       150,096,995         61,002,611
Computer Associates Stock Fund               308,719,437        210,607,377
</TABLE>
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                    COMPUTER ASSOCIATES SAVINGS HARVEST PLAN
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                 MARCH 30, 2000
(4) Income Tax Status

     The Internal  Revenue  Service has determined and informed the Company by a
     letter dated June 12, 1995, that the Plan and related trust are designed in
     accordance with  applicable  sections of the IRC. The Plan has been amended
     since receiving the determination  letter.  However, the Plan administrator
     believes  that the Plan is  designed  and is  currently  being  operated in
     compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC.


(5) Subsequent Event (Unaudited)

     As of the Plan year end, the Computer  Associates  Stock Fund  consisted of
     3,756,625 units valued at $82.18.  As of September 20, 2000, the unit price
     of  the  Computer  Associates  Stock  Fund  was  $37.87.  Therefore,  as of
     September 20, 2000,  net assets  available  for such benefits  decreased by
     approximately $166,500,000 from the value at March 30, 2000.
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                    COMPUTER ASSOCIATES SAVINGS HARVEST PLAN

         Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes at End of Year

                                 March 30, 2000

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 Identity of issuer,               Description of investment including
 borrower, lessor or           maturity date, rate of interest, collateral,              Current
   similar party                         par, or maturity value                           value
--------------------           --------------------------------------------            ------------
<S>                           <C>                                                      <C>


*Fidelity Investments         Fidelity Retirement Money Market Portfolio,
                                91,023,807 units                                       $ 74,023,807
*Fidelity Investments         Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund, 2,171,343 units           21,170,595
*Fidelity Investments         Fidelity Puritan Fund, 2,667,442 units                     50,334,627
*Fidelity Investments         Fidelity Growth and Income Portfolio, 1,696,313 units      80,252,576
*Fidelity Investments         Fidelity Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund 1,241,272 units    65,936,392
*Fidelity Investments         Fidelity Magellan Fund, 1,047,798 units                   150,096,995
*Fidelity Investments         Fidelity Diversified International Fund, 1,228,119 units   31,550,376
*Computer Associates          Computer Associates Stock Fund, 3,756,625 units           308,719,437
  International, Inc.
*Pacific Mutual Life          Platinum Stable Value Fund, 9,665,420 units                 9,665,420
  Insurance Company
*Plan participants            Loans to participants with interest rates ranging
                                from 7.5% to 10.5% and terms from
                                1 year to 20 years                                       10,671,012
                                                                                       ------------
                              Total                                                    $802,421,237
                                                                                       ============
</TABLE>


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