b2bScene Goes Live With Instant B2B Community Solutions

Create Instant Business Communities Over the Web, Utilize Intranets, Extranets and Project Teams Available at www.b2bScene.com

Las Vegas, Nevada - 2000-11-14 - b2bScene , a division of Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSE: OTC), today announced the launch of the Instant Community Series, a collection of hosted services for quick creation of online business communities. Showcasing the power of b2bScene s e-Business Community Platform , the Instant Community Series enables companies, departments, associations, workgroups and organizations of any size to create Web-based business communities such as intranets, extranets and project teams instantly at www.b2bscene.com. b2bScene is unveiling these new solutions at COMDEX, November 13th to 17th in Las Vegas, Nevada at booth A3556.

b2bScene's Instant Community Series is ideal for organizations seeking to improve overall communication, speed up internal business processes and increase productivity. Organizations can now create an online business community in three easy steps, allowing them to centrally communicate, share, and organize information, documents and schedules relating to any project, process or workgroup.

By utilizing the power of b2bScene s e-Business Community Platform, organizations can harness integrated XML data interchange architecture, uniting Open Text's enterprise-proven Livelink® collaborative commerce solution, with other best of breed content and commerce services.

"We developed the e-Business Community Platform to help organizations build and manage online business communities, from instant communities to electronic marketplaces and industry portals," said Kirk Roberts, President of b2bScene. "With our Instant Community Series, online communities can be set up over the Web in seconds, enabling business people to stimulate internal and external collaboration, and to enhance relationships with their supply chain partners."

"b2bScene offers immediate customized solutions enabling teams of all sizes to quickly collaborate with partners, employees, clients and each other," said Ian Campbell, Vice President of Nucleus Research. "b2bScene provides unique value to its clients by enabling real-time interaction and communication supplemented by specific industry content and external resources. Nucleus believes the immediate nature of b2bScene s Instant Solution Series will allow organizations to quickly realize a positive return from their investment."

The Instant Community Series comes complete with customized content, including industry-specific news feeds, company directories, categorized search, events and links. b2bScene also offers a full solution by providing hosting services to all community members, including security, disk space and site backup, with no setup charges and 24x7 access.

About b2bScene

b2bScene has created the first e-Business Community Platform for delivering business-to-business solutions on a hosting infrastructure. b2bScene's premier online solutions stimulate and promote successful business-to-business interaction and collaboration between an organization's partners, customers and employees within public and private online business communities. A collection of integrated content, collaboration and commerce services help b2bScene's customers improve the quality and efficiency of each transaction, process and interaction, resulting in faster time to market, lower costs and greater competitive advantage.

About Open Text

Open Text provides collaborative commerce solutions for e-business that enable users to extend and build CRM, SCM and ERP applications and allow them to work together within and across organizations. Open Text has pioneered the development of innovative intranet, extranet and e-business applications. Since creating one of the first search engines to index the World Wide Web, the Company has remained at the forefront of Internet-based technologies. Its solution family called Livelink enables individuals, teams, organizations, and global trading communities to collaborate on e-business applications that facilitate e-commerce and other transactions among Global 2000 organizations. For more information, visit www.opentext.com.

About Livelink

Livelink is a highly scaleable e-business application. Its richly-featured enterprise services include virtual team collaboration, business process automation, enterprise group scheduling and information retrieval services, all tightly integrated into a solution that is easily customized and extended. Livelink is essential to the effective management and development of communities of interest that span organizations and industries. For everything from the creation of complex e-community relationships to the automation of simple e-business processes, Livelink delivers true dynamic collaboration between individuals, organizations, and large trading communities. Livelink servers are fully Web-based and open-architected to ensure rapid deployment and easy access to its full functionality through a standard Web browser.

Trademark

Copyright © 2000 by Open Text Corporation. Livelink, 'Effective Solutions. Driven By Vision. Powered By Innovation.', HyperInnovation, b2bScene, and Open Text are trademarks or registered trademarks of Open Text Corporation. This list is not exhaustive. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of therespective owners.

Release Disclaimer

This news release may contain forward-looking statements relating to the deployment of Livelink 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, and June 30, 2000. 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

Julie Hause
Public Relations Coordinator
b2bScene
519-888-7111-2223
jhause@b2bscene.com

Hugh Scholey
Account Executive
High Road Communications
416-368-8348
hscholey@highrd.com

Greg Secord
VP, Investor Relations
Open Text Corporation
+1-519-888-7111 ext.2408
gsecord@opentext.com