Excellence at any one level is not intended. Excellence across the board when compared to similar suites is what is managed to. That becomes problematic at various levels when working at Open Text. Often, what is best for one product line gets brushed aside for larger purposes.
Open Text today seems more and more like a private equity fund in that they practice creative destruction. Often they buy distressed, once great software companies who have run into trouble for one reason or another. They then bolt the "new" product on to the suite, "merge" it with other products that are similar and hack off half of the people who came with it - often without regard for talent, contribution or vision. And, FYI, I was not part of an acquisition, nor was I laid off as part of one - so I'm not speaking from sour grapes, just observation.
You can't deny the effectiveness of the practice - it does accomplish quite a bit for the financials. Buying a large install base for pennies on the dollar makes a lot of sense. It just doesn't make for a go-get-em kind of attitude or approach. Being "good enough", is good enough at Open Text. You have to be satisfied with a complacent, don't rock the boat, just milk the cows approach.
The good thing about that is that your paycheck will always cash.
