<PAGE> 1
November 1, 2000
Remedy Corporation
1505 Salado Drive
Mountain View, California 94043
Re: Remedy Corporation (the "Company")
Registration Statement for
an aggregate of 3,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
------------------------------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to your registration on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the 3,000,000 shares of Common
Stock available for issuance under the Company's 2000 Supplemental Stock Option
Plan. We advise you that, in our opinion, when such shares have been issued and
sold pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Company's 2000 Supplemental
Stock Option Plan and in accordance with the Registration Statement, such shares
will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company's
Common Stock.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve
Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
-----------------------------------
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve
Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
