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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


                        Consent of Deloitte & Touche, LLP


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
Progress Software Corporation on Form S-8 of our report dated December 18, 1998,
appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Progress Software Corporation for
the year ended November 30, 1998.


/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
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Boston, Massachusetts
June 11, 1999