Exhibit 3.(i)(c)

                     CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE
                     CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
                 COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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       Computer Associates International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, 
in order to amend its Certificate of Incorporation hereby certifies, 
pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of 
Delaware, as follows:

       FIRST: The holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the 
Corporation's Common Stock, at a meeting duly called and held, adopted 
the following resolution amending the Corporation's Certificate of 
Incorporation:

       "That Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation be 
    amended by deleting such Article FOURTH in its entirety and 
    substituting therefor the following:

       FOURTH:  The authorized capital of the Corporation shall 
    consist of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.10 per 
    share.  Shares of Common Stock of the corporation may be issued 
    from time to time for such consideration as may be fixed from 
    time to time by the Board of Directors, but not less than the par 
    value thereof; and any and all such shares so issued, the full 
    consideration for which shall have been paid or delivered, shall 
    be deemed fully paid and non-assessable stock and not liable to 
    any further call or assessment thereon.

       SECOND:  Said amendment has been duly adopted in accordance with 
Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the said Corporation has caused this 
Certificate to be signed and attested by its officers thereunto duly 
authorized and its corporate seal to be affixed this 16th day of 
September, 1985.
 
 
                                    /s/ Anthony W. Wang	
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                                        Anthony W. Wang, President
 
 
 
 Attest:
 
 
/s/ Belden A. Frease		
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    Belden A. Frease, Secretary
 

STATE OF NEW YORK	)
 			)  ss.:
COUNTY OF NASSAU	)
 
      BE IT REMEMBERED that on this 16th day of September, 1985, 
personally came before me, a notary public in and for the State and 
County aforesaid, Anthony W. Wang, the President of Computer Associates 
International, Inc., the corporation described in the foregoing 
instrument and known to me personally to be such and acknowledged the 
said instrument to be his own act and deed and the act and deed of said 
corporation; that his signature is in his own handwriting; that the seal 
affixed to said instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation, 
and that the facts stated in said instrument are true.
 
 
                                           /s/  Carolyn Donofrio
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                                                Notary Public