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    <periodOfReport>2004-02-04</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>INTRAWARE INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ITRA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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            <rptOwnerName>PASSPORT MANAGEMENT LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>402 JACKSON STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>.</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN FRANCISCO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94111</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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                    <value>See Footnotes</value>
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                    <value>See Footnotes</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Footnotes</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">As of the earliest reported transaction on this Form 4, the shares reported in this response are beneficially owned by Passport Master Fund LP (4,201,372 shares), a British Virgin Islands international limited partnership, and Passport Master Fund II, LP (1,807,815 shares), a British Virgin Islands international limited partnership (each, a &quot;Partnership,&quot; together, the &quot;Partnerships&quot;) and indirectly beneficially owned by Passport Management, LLC (6,009,187 shares), a Delaware limited liability company and both Partnerships' investment adviser (Passport&quot;), Passport Capital, LLC (6,009,187 shares), a Delaware limited liability company and Passport's managing member, Passport Holdings, LLC (6,009,187 shares), a Delaware limited liability company and both Partnerships' general partner, Ralph K McCluskey (6,009,187 shares), a natural person and control person and co-manager of Passport, and John H. Burbank (6,009,187 shares), a natural person and a control person and co-manager of Passport.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Pursuant to the operating agreement of Passport, Ralph K. McCluskey and John H. Burbank, in their separate capacities as control persons and co-managing partners of Passport Capital, LLC, the managing member of Passport, are authorized, among other things, to indirectly and jointly direct the activities of Passport Management, LLC and, thereby, to invest the funds of the Partnerships in the common stock described herein as being indirectly beneficially owned by Passport.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Pursuant to the operating agreement of Passport Capital, LLC, Ralph K. McCluskey does not have sole voting or dispositive power over the stock being reported herein.  This joint filing on Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. McCluskey is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise, the beneficial owner of any equity securities reported in this joint filing.  Mr. McCluskey disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares being reported in this response except to the extent that he has an indirect pecuniary interest.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Pursuant to the operating agreement of Passport Capital, LLC, John H. Burbank does not have sole voting or dispositive power over the stock being reported herein.  This joint filing on Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Burbank is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise, the beneficial owner of any equity securities reported in this joint filing.  Mr. Burbank disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares being reported in this response except to the extent that he has an indirect pecuniary interest therein.  In addition to the transactions being reported herein, Mr. Burbank beneficially owns 39,100 shares of the common stock of the issuer in various personal accounts over which he does have direct and sole voting and dispositive power.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Shares beneficially owned by Passport Master Fund LP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Shares beneficially owned by Passport Master Fund II, LP.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>PASSPORT MANAGEMENT, LLC, By:  Passport Capital, LLC, its managing member, By: John H. Burbank, its managing partner</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-07-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>PASSPORT CAPITAL, LLC, By: John H. Burbank, its managing partner</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-07-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>PASSPORT HOLDINGS, LLC, By: Passport Capital, LLC, its managing member, By: John H. Burbank, its managing partner</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-07-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>PASSPORT MASTER FUND, LP, By: Passport Holdings, LLC, its GP, By: Passport Capital, LLC, its managing member, By: John H. Burbank, its managing partner</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-07-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>PASSPORT MASTER FUND II, LP, By: Passport Holdings, LLC, its GP, By: Passport Capital, LLC, its managing member, By: John H. Burbank, its managing partner</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-07-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>John H. Burbank</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-07-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Ralph J. McCluskey</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-07-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

