MeetingZone and Livelink Selected Product of the Year by Transform Magazine

Chicago, IL - 2001-12-20 - Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSE: OTC), a worldwide leader in delivering collaborative commerce solutions, today announced that Transform Magazine selected Livelink MeetingZone and Livelink® as one of the Product of the Year 2001 Winners in the Collaboration Technologies category. Featured in Transform Magazine's special supplement "Return on Innovation" devoted to breakthrough technologies and products that are helping companies cut cost, improve service and enhance revenue, the Products of the Year 2001 awards stem from in-depth research and guidance from 24 experts on content and collaboration technology.

Transform Magazine writes, "Open Text offers a strong combination of content management technologies and collaborative support tools... (and the)... MeetingZone add-on supports group collaboration without travel, saving meeting notes, presentations and content to the repository." Also recognized are Livelink's improvements in XML handling, administration and search technology, its new features of polling, a text editor and spell checker, along with the Windows Explorer-like view of the Livelink directory. Add-on modules sited in the award summation include Livelink Records Management, Livelink Wireless, Livelink Archive for SAP R/3 and Livelink WebDAV.

"Just over a month in general availability, already Livelink MeetingZone is being recognized for innovation and its potential for return on investment," says Mike Farrell, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Open Text Corporation. "Open Text is honored to be chosen by such a prestigious panel of industry experts and pragmatic end-users. Their recognition of Livelink and MeetingZone for the business efficiency the combination offers, the ability to facilitate team collaboration and record that interaction for future reference, is an affirmation of Open Text's strategy to provide true business value to our customers."

The Product of the Year 2001 awards went to twelve winners selected from 24 finalists in 4 categories. With this year's annual selection of stand-out products, the editors of Transform looked for products introduced or significantly upgraded in 2001 that broke new ground or brought together technologies promising a strong return on investment. The editors of Transform continually review new products, and many of this year's finalists were chosen on the basis of first-hand interaction with the technology. Additional insight came from end users, to bring real-life context to every review with customer input, and Transform relied on the opinions of distinguished industry analysts and consultants for insight and guidance.

Livelink MeetingZone is powerful new real-time collaboration for Livelink, the world's most widely deployed, end-to-end collaborative knowledge management platform. MeetingZone meets the increased demand for real-time conferencing capabilities that enable team collaboration without requiring costly and time-consuming travel. MeetingZone is a tightly integrated feature of Livelink and does not require additional software installation, allowing customers to conduct meetings on demand, in real-time from their existing Web browser in a dynamic workspace. Unlike stand-alone real-time collaboration tools where all the participants input data is lost after the meeting ends, Livelink MeetingZone enables meeting participants to easily retrieve project-related information and automatically capture meeting information in the Livelink repository.

About Transform Magazine

Transform Magazine is the definitive publication for business and IT managers implementing content and collaboration products and strategies. It is the only publication that addresses the full lifecycle of corporate content, from capture to management to delivery and storage. CMP Media LLC is a leading high-technology business-to-business multimedia company that provides essential information and integrated marketing services to technology and healthcare professionals worldwide.

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This news release may contain forward-looking statements relating to the deployment of Livelink and Livelink MeetingZone by customers, and future performance of Open Text Corporation. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks involved in the completion and integration of acquisitions, the possibility of technical, logistical or planning issues in connection with deployments, the continuous commitment of the Company's customers and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the final prospectus for the Company's initial public offering of common stock in January 1996, Form 10-K for the years ended June 30, 1998, June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, and June 30, 2001, and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001. Forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs and opinions at the time the statements are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligations to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's beliefs or opinions change.

For more information, please contact

Margaret E. Dobbin
Director, Industry Analyst Relations
Open Text Corporation
+1-519-888-7111 ext.2410
mdobbin@opentext.com

Lisa Dekker
Public Relations
Open Text Corporation
1+519-888-7111 ext. 2473
519-888-0677
ldekker@opentext.com