EXHIBIT 99.17
               

               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
               
               Centura Software Corp. Offers Alternative to Pervasive With
               "Develop and Deploy" Packaging for SQLBase Product Line
                                          
        PACKAGING AND PRICING MAKES IT EASIER TO DEVELOP AND DEPLOY SQLBASE 

REDWOOD SHORES, CA, (AUGUST 21, 1998) -- Centura Software Corporation
(NASDAQ:CNTR), formerly Gupta, announces develop and deploy packaging for the
company's SQLBase product line -- a robust, non-DBA, small footprint embedded
database designed for integration with business application code and invisible
to the end user. The packaging includes a new pricing model that allows
developers to try SQLBase at a very low cost.  In addition, the packaging lets
developers hide the database installation process from end users by allowing
developers to create a one step installation process. 

For development, Centura offers the SQLBase Individual Development Kit and the
SQLBase Team Development Kit.  Both options allow developers to begin building
applications that embed SQLBase, regardless of the development tool they are
using, and the Team Development Kit also includes the support necessary to
ensure the developer's success.  In addition, individuals or teams can develop
and test using both NT and NetWare and on 16- and 32-bit Windows platforms. 

For deployment, developers can use the SQLBase Embedded Deployment Pack. This
provides developers flexible and seamless deployment licensing options along
with the components and information necessary to build an integrated installer.
      
"By providing a database solution that is invisible to the end user, we are
making it easier for ISVs to develop and deploy embedded databases installed at
multiple sites. Developers can now get started with SQLBase, embed it, and
realize the TCO that SQLBase can offer them and their customers," explains Max
Stayner, Director of SQLBase products for Centura. "This new packaging
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continued commitment to be the embedded database vendor of choice, providing 
solutions that make sense for the way developers work."

According to Kathy Lane, senior vice president of marketing and strategic
partnerships for Centura, "Many ISVs aren't aware that SQLBase works not only
with CTD but with other client application development tools including Visual
Basic, C++ and Java.  Developers have traditionally thought of Centura as an
application tools vendor, but the reality is that two-thirds of Centura's
revenues come from SQLBase and our volume of business in this market has grown
more than 40% since this time last year.  In essence, this develop and deploy
packaging is our invitation to developers all over the world to discover what
thousands of ISVs and millions of end users already know -- that SQLBase has
features and functionality competitive, and even superior to, alternatives such
as Pervasive and SQL Anywhere."

PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

Centura's develop and deploy packaging products are currently available and can
be purchased through Centura's normal distribution channels.

For specific pricing information, please call 1-800-308-1408.  Additional
information is also available on Centura's Web site at www.centurasoft.com.

ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION

Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company
to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal
computer.  Today Centura's products help developers build and deploy component
based business applications requiring embedded databases. Centura's D3 Framework
(Develop, Deploy and Distribute) consists of world-class products including
SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, all of which can scale from
the Web down to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000
compliant. Centura has 26 offices located throughout the world in North America,
Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More information
about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at
http://www.centurasoft.com/.

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