Exhibit 11





                       [Letterhead of Computer Associates]


Contact: Doug Robinson - CA Investor Relations  Bob Gordon - CA Public Relations
         (516) 342-2745                         (516) 342-2391
         dougr@mail.cai.com                     bobg@cai.com

         Elliot Levine - Cheyenne EVP/CFO
         (516) 465-4000


            COMPUTER ASSOCIATES ANNOUNCES HSR WAITING PERIOD EXPIRES
               IN TENDER OFFER FOR CHEYENNE SOFTWARE, INC. SHARES

  ISLANDIA, NY and ROSLYN HEIGHTS, NY, October 25, 1996 - Computer Associates
  International, Inc. (NYSE: CA) and Cheyenne Software, Inc. (AMEX: CYE)
  announced today that the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period relating to CA's
  ongoing $30.50 per share tender offer for Cheyenne Software, Inc. has
  expired.  The tender offer is scheduled to expire at 12:00 midnight, New
  York City time, on Friday, November 8, 1996, unless extended.

  Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), with headquarters in
  Islandia, NY, is the world leader in mission-critical software.  The company
  develops, licenses, and supports more than 500 integrated products that
  include enterprise computing and information management, application
  development, manufacturing and financial applications.  CA has 9000 people
  in 130 offices in 40 countries and had revenue of more than $3.5 billion in
  fiscal year 1996.  CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the
  World Wide Web, emailing info@cai.com, or calling 1-516-342-5224.

  Cheyenne Software, Inc. is an international developer of essential software
  solutions for NetWare, Windows NT, UNIX, Macintosh, OS/2, Windows 3.1 and
  Windows 95 operating systems.  Its enterprise-wide offerings include an
  array of storage management, security, and communications products,
  including Cheyenne [Registered Mark] HSM, JETserve [Trademark], InocuLAN
  [Trademark], FAXserve [Trademark], and its flagship product line, the
  ARCserve [Registered Mark] family of network backup software.  Cheyenne can
  be contacted at (800) 243-9462 (U.S. or Canada) or (516) 465-4000, or by
  visiting its WWW home page at:  http://www.cheyenne.com.



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