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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 13, 1998, appearing on page
F-2 of Landmark Systems Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1997.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Falls Church, Virginia
August 11, 1998