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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of BMC
Software, Inc. of our report dated October 21, 1998, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of Boole & Babbage, Inc., included in the BMC
Software, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2000
(which financial statements are not presented separately therein), filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
San Jose, California
January 19, 2001
