SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 6-K

                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
                    PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of: October 2003
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Commission File Number: 333-103019
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                        Geac Computer Corporation Limited
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                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

         11 Allstate Parkway, Suite 300, Markham, Ontario L3R9T8 Canada
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F....X..... Form 40-F.........

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ____ Note: Regulation S-T Rule
101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely
to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ____ Note: Regulation S-T Rule
101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to
furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer
must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the
registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's
"home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the
registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is
not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the
registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already
been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this
Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes ..... No ..X...

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________

      On October 15, 2003, Geac Computer Corporation Limited filed on the SEDAR
website maintained by the Canadian Depository for Securities Limited at
www.sedar.com a press release issued on October 15, 2003, a copy of which is
attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K.

                                   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, thereunto duly authorized.

                                  GEAC COMPUTER CORPORATION LIMITED

                                  /s/ Craig C. Thorburn
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                                  Craig C. Thorburn
                                  Senior Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions,
                                  and Corporate Secretary

Date: October 20, 2003

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Number                            Title
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99.1            Press release issued on October 15, 2003