For Release at 7:00 AM Mountain Time on Wednesday, September 19, 2001

ALTA TERRA BUYS REACTIVE KEYBOARD TECHNOLOGY

Edmonton, Alberta - September 19, 2001 - Alta Terra Ventures Corp. (CDNX:ATT), an aggressively growing full-service Linux provider, announced today that it has signed an agreement with the major shareholders of Univolve Corporation to purchase the company. Univolve is a private Alberta-based software company whose major thrust is reactive keyboard and compression technology with text-prediction software that is built on a Linux platform.

Univolve's reactive keyboard and compression technology is expected to enable significantly improved functionality in embedded operating systems. This has direct implications in the wireless communications markets, where data entry is difficult or compromised - such as in PDAs, cellphones and other computing devices. Univolve also has an expense tracking program for business accounting purposes that is ready for launch into the mainstream market, and which will add to Alta Terra's revenue stream.

The purchase of Univolve shares will be paid for by issuing 4,015,000 Alta Terra shares at $0.48 per share. 75% of these shares are subject to performance escrow, to be released only when significant sales targets are reached. The deal is subject to acceptance by the remaining shareholders of Univolve, and is subject to regulatory approval by applicable securities authorities.

Highlights of the Release:

• Purchase of innovative company with proprietary text prediction and compression technology;

• Expansion into the explosive wireless markets;

• Enhanced product offering.

The acquisition will substantially enhance Alta Terra's product range, placing the Company in the center of the lucrative wireless communications markets, where it has already begun to market its Embedded Linux OS. In addition, Alta Terra stands to benefit from a broadened marketing base and a first mover advantage in the explosive wireless communications sector.

"This is a good acquisition for us," said Donald G. Warman, Alta Terra's CEO. "The reactive keyboard and compression technologies are a real advantage to Alta Terra's embedded applications, and will assist in our planned expansion into the wireless communications markets."

Devices such as handhelds, pagers and cell phones are becoming increasingly miniaturized and consequently have space limitations in terms of text entry, available memory and keyboarding. The reactive keyboard technology can predict likely text continuations on a small menu window for user acceptance, thereby facilitating speed, accuracy, and efficiency of entry without the limitations associated with a dictionary.

The Linux-based reactive keyboard technology uses sophisticated probabilistic modeling techniques to automatically extract patterns from various data streams, and uses them to predict future entries. The reactive keyboard's smart features enable it to learn from user input. It is completely language and dictionary independent, and does not require a traditional keyboard. A simplified version of it has been operating for a number of years and is being used to assist physically challenged persons.

The development of an adaptive text prediction technology has been the subject of numerous scientific publications and two books by Cambridge University Press, all co-authored by the reactive keyboard's inventor, John Darragh. Mr. Darragh developed the reactive keyboard to help people with physical impairments work with Qwerty keyboards. Increasing the productivity of each user keystroke by entering several characters with a single keystroke (amplification) and decreasing the time required to enter a keystroke by improving the selection of the next most likely characters (acceleration) are key elements of the original design. John Darragh and his brother Brian Darragh will be joining Alta Terra in the final market development of the technology. Brian Darragh has years of experience in the high-tech sector, a deep understanding of Univolve's technologies, and strong business and management skills (B.Comm and MBA), honed at such companies as DMR Consulting, Deloitte and Touche, and Imperial Oil Limited.

"We have asked Brian and John Darragh to work with us to optimize the product to its fullest potential," added Warman. "We are very pleased to have them aboard."

About Alta Terra Ventures Corp.
Alta Terra Ventures Corp. develops and distributes BearOps Linux, an easy-to-install and easy-to-use Linux desktop operating system designed to ease Windows users through the transition from Microsoft products to the stable, comprehensive, and cost-effective Linux platform. In addition to its BearOps Linux Desktop OS, the Company is developing a BearOps Linux Server Package for release this Fall, is developing several Linux-based applications, and has developed an Embedded Linux OS. Alta Terra's mission is to be a full service Linux solutions company.

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