Dismissed and Opinion filed December 19, 2002.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-00-00673-CV

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BMC SOFTWARE, INC. and BMC SOFTWARE TEXAS L.P., Appellants

V.

McBRIDE-RATCLIFF & ASSOCIATES, INC., Appellee

On Appeal from the 189th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 98-14776

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

This is an appeal from a judgment signed February 21, 2000.  On December 12, 2002, the parties filed an agreed motion to dismiss the appeal because the case has been settled.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1.  The motion is granted.

Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed. 

PER CURIAM

Judgment rendered and Opinion filed December 19, 2002.

Panel consists of Chief Justice Brister and Justices Hudson and Fowler.

Do Not Publish C Tex. R. App. P. 47.3(b).