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PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20020919
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial statements and exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20021004

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			OPEN TEXT CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001002638
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373]
		IRS NUMBER:				980154400
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			K6
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-27544
		FILM NUMBER:		02781987

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		185 COLUMBIA ST W
		STREET 2:		WATERLOO
		CITY:			ONTARIO CANADA
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			N2L 5Z5

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		185 COLUMBIA ST W
		STREET 2:		WATERLOO
		CITY:			ONTARIO CANADA
		ZIP:			M2L 5Z5
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 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): September 19, 2002

                              Open Text Corporation
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

            Ontario                      0-27544                98-0154400
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(State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission File Number)      (IRS Employer
       of Incorporation)                                     Identification No.)

                  185 Columbia Street West, Waterloo, Ontario,
                                  Canada N2L5Z5
            --------------------------------------------------------
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (519) 888-7111
            --------------------------------------------------------
               Registrant's telephone number, including area code

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Item 5:  Other Events
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         September 19, 2002, Open Text Corporation ("Open Text") issued a press
release (the "Press Release"), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(c) Exhibits

Exhibit No.                                  Description
- -----------                                  -----------
   99.1                Press Release issued by Open Text on September 19, 2002.






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                                   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.

                                                   OPEN TEXT CORPORATION



October 4, 2002                                    By:  /s/ P. Thomas Jenkins
                                                        ----------------------
                                                        P. Thomas Jenkins
                                                        Chief Executive Officer

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                                  Exhibit Index
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Exhibit No.                        Description
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   99.1                Press Release issued by Open Text on September 19, 2002.






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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

             OPEN TEXT AND CENTRINITY ANNOUNCE ACQUISITION AGREEMENT

     Open Text Expects Acquisition to be Accretive to Earnings Immediately,
           Centrinity Shareholders to Receive $1.26 Per Share in Cash

Toronto, ON--September 19, 2002--Open Text(TM)Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSX:
OTC) and Centrinity, Inc., (TSX: CTI) today announced that they have entered
into a definitive acquisition agreement in which Open Text will acquire all of
the issued and outstanding shares of Centrinity, Inc., for cash consideration of
CDN $1.26 per share. The companies expect the transaction to close in the next
quarter. The closing of the transaction is subject to conditions, including the
receipt of regulatory approval and Centrinity shareholder approval.

The board of directors of Centrinity unanimously approved the transaction and
will call a special meeting of shareholders as soon as possible to approve the
transaction. A management circular describing the terms and voting instructions
will be distributed to shareholders. The directors of Centrinity have indicated
their intent to vote their shares in favour of the transaction. Yves
Desjardins-Siciliano, Chairman of Centrinity stated, "This transaction provides
significant financial benefit to the shareholders of Centrinity. They will
receive cash proceeds significantly greater than what they could obtain by
selling their shares in the market prior to this announcement."

Centrinity has more than 8 million users of its FirstClass(R) Communications
Platform, which is a cost-effective, highly scalable messaging and collaboration
solution designed for business, government, educational institutions and service
providers. FirstClass provides a unified mailbox that brings together a user's
e-mail, voicemail and fax messages. Users, whether mobile or in the office, can
access their mailbox from the device of their choice--a cell phone, telephone,
computer or handheld device.

Leveraging Centrinity's technology and expertise will enable Livelink(R)
customers to integrate the previously disparate world of e-mail, voice-mail and
other unstructured content, and provide organizations with the ability to apply
retention rules and compliance policies to the entire collection of corporate
knowledge. Open Text has designed Livelink to capture information generated
through online collaboration and preserve it in a company's knowledge base.
Technology from the two companies will accelerate the integration between voice
and data conferencing capabilities in Livelink MeetingZone(TM).

"With Centrinity, we're adding a great team of technical experts who have
developed a leading technology platform for messaging and communications," said
Tom Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer of Open Text. "Upon completion of the
acquisition, we will work together to integrate our teams, while continuing to
support and serve FirstClass customers. Going forward, we have a great
opportunity to take two types of content, voice communication and messaging, and
fully integrate them into Livelink, creating innovative new collaborative
knowledge management solutions."

"Joining hands with Open Text, an established global software powerhouse, brings
greater depth of resources and technology and helps us better meet the support
and service needs of our customers worldwide. First Class customers will benefit
from the integration of Open Text's collaboration, knowledge management and
content management technologies into FirstClass," said John Myers, Chief
Operating Officer of Centrinity.

Centrinity is based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and has offices in the United
Kingdom, Ireland and Sweden.

Open Text confirms Q1 guidance and will be providing increased forward guidance
for this fiscal year as well as next year. Open Text expects the transaction to
be accretive to earnings in its next quarter.

Financial Analyst Briefing

The companies will present further information on the acquisition during an
audio conference call for the financial community, scheduled for today at
noon EDT.

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When:   Thursday, September 19th, 2002 - 12:00 p.m. (noon) ET
Where:  416-640-4127

Playback information is available at
http://www.opentext.com/investor/investor_events/index.html. The live meeting
will be made available online through MeetingZone, and registration is available
by emailing analystday@opentext.com. The event can also be attended live at the
Royal York Hotel, 19th floor, in Toronto, where the Web cast will be hosted. The
event is open to financial analysts, members of the media and any other
interested parties.

About Centrinity Inc.
- ---------------------
Centrinity is a leading provider of cost-effective, highly scalable,
feature-rich messaging and collaboration solutions to service providers,
enterprises, governments, and learning organizations. Centrinity's award-winning
software solutions are designed to enhance productivity and efficiency by
simplifying and facilitating communications and information sharing for both
individuals and groups of people working together. Centrinity is listed under
the symbol `CTI' on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Website: www.centrinity.com.

About Livelink
- --------------
Livelink is the leader in collaboration and knowledge management for the global
enterprise. 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. For more information, visit www.opentext.com/livelink/

About Open Text
- ---------------
Since 1991, Open Text Corporation has delivered innovative software that brings
people together to share knowledge, achieve excellence, deliver innovation, and
enhance processes. Its legacy of innovation began with the successful deployment
of the world's first search engine technology for the Internet. Today, as the
leading global supplier of collaboration and knowledge management software for
the enterprise, Open Text supports six million seats across 4,500 corporations
in 31 countries and 12 languages throughout the world. As a publicly traded
company, Open Text manages and maximizes its resources and relationships to
ensure the success of great minds working together. For more information, visit
www.opentext.com

                                      # # #

This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" relating to the
proposed acquisition of Centrinity Inc. and the future performance of Open Text
Corporation (the "Company"). Forward-looking statements are neither promises nor
guarantees, but are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that may
cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or
developments in the Company's business or its industry, to differ materially
from the anticipated results, performance, achievements or developments
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (1) risks involved in the
completion and integration of the acquisition; (2) expected cost savings from
the acquisition may not be fully realized or realized within the expected time
frame; (3) revenue of the combined company may be lower than expected; (4) the
possibility of technical, logistical or planning issues in connection with
deployments; (5) costs or difficulties related to obtaining regulatory approvals
for completing the acquisition and, following the acquisition, the integration
of the companies may be greater than expected; (6) legislative or regulatory
changes may adversely affect the businesses in which the companies are engaged;
and (7) changes may occur in the securities or capital markets. A more detailed
discussion of these and other important risk factors can be found in the
sections entitled "Business", "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About
Market Risk" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations" in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission and other securities regulatory
authorities across Canada, including the Company's Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2001. Forward-looking statements in this

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press release are based on management's beliefs and opinions at the time the
statements are made, and there should be no expectation that these
forward-looking statements will be updated or supplemented as a result of
changing circumstances or otherwise, and Open Text and Centrinity disavow and
disclaim any obligation to do so.

Copyright (C) 2002 by Open Text Corporation. LIVELINK, LIVELINK MEETINGZONE, and
OPEN TEXT are trademarks or registered trademarks of Open Text Corporation in
the United States of America, Canada, the European Union and/or other countries.
This list of trademarks is not exhaustive. Other trademarks, registered
trademarks, product names, company names, brands and service names mentioned
herein are property of Open Text Corporation or other respective owners.

FirstClass is a registered trademark of a Centrinity Inc. subsidiary used under
license. Centrinity and the Centrinity logo are trademarks of Centrinity Inc.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

For more information, please contact:
Greg Secord                              Richard Maganini
Director, Investor  Relations            Director, Media Relations
Open Text Corporation                    Open Text Corporation
+1-519-888-7111 ext.2408                 +1-847-267-9330 ext.4266
gsecord@opentext.com                     rmaganin@opentext.com


Jane Mowat                               Margaret Williamson
Executive Vice President and CFO         Manager, Corporate Communications
Centrinity, Inc.                         Centrinity, Inc.
+1-905-762-6043                          +1-905-762-6234
jane_mowat@centrinity.com                margaret_williamson@centrinity.com











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