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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) February 18, 2004

                             AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Georgia                        0-12456                 58-1098795
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(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission File            (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)                   Number)             Identification No.)

     470 East Paces Ferry Road, N.E.                                30305
            Atlanta, Georgia
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(Address of principal executive offices)                          (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code (404) 261-4381

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Item 7(c).        Exhibit

Exhibit 99.1      Press Release of American Software, Inc., dated February 18,
                  2004, reporting American Software, Inc.'s financial results
                  for the third quarter of fiscal year 2004.

Item 12.          Results of Operations and Financial Condition

                  Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference
                  herein is financial information for American Software, Inc.
                  for its third fiscal quarter, ended January 31, 2004, and
                  certain forward-looking statements, as presented in a press
                  release of February 18, 2004. The information in this report
                  shall be deemed incorporated by reference into any
                  registration statement heretofore or hereafter filed under the
                  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except to the extent that
                  such information is superseded by information as of a
                  subsequent date that is included in or incorporated by
                  reference into such registration statement. The information in
                  this report shall not be treated as filed for purposes of the
                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                       AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC.
                                                             (Registrant)

                      Date: February 18, 2004        By: /s/ Vincent C. Klinges
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                                                         Vincent C. Klinges
                                                         Chief Financial Officer


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.       Subject Matter

Exhibit 99.1      Press Release of American Software, Inc., dated February 18,
                  2004, reporting American Software, Inc.'s financial results
                  for the third quarter of fiscal year 2004.


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