Novell to Open up GroupWise (a bit)

This should lead to some interesting things..

Read this interesting post in the NGW List by Dean Lythgoe, director of GroupWise engineering:

(this is a reply to a question on GroupWise API’s)

We realize that there are GroupWise APIs that have lagged far behind. The Client APIs (object api, C3POs and Tokens) and the Admin APIs have not kept up with the features and other functionalities that continue to be developed and exposed in our GroupWise Clients and interfaces.

Bonsai makes some updates to the object API, C3POs and Tokens, but very little to the Admin API. We have been building, as stated several times, a new Admin API. This will be a Web Service and may provide other bindings. However, the Admin API is not scheduled to be released as part of Bonsai. We will be using some of this API in the new Install - the System Creation part begins to utilize this new API.

As we move away from ConsoleOne, we will be using, documenting and exposing this Admin API to 3rd parties. We will do this as soon as possible. We did focus resources in Bonsai in several different areas in the Window, Linux and WebAccess Clients. We also dedicated a lot of time to further developing our SOAP on the POA. We also pushed the Admin API much further during the Bonsai time frame, but we have not been able to finish the Q/A and documentation on the parts that have been developed. We will continue this process during Bonsai SP1, but we have not solidified our plans on when to release the API.

We realize this is not the best position for all of our partners and integrators. We are committed to our API direction and believe that we will deliver a comprehensive API set to cover all of our partners - including the Linux/Mac Client.

We appreciate and recognize the tremendous efforts of our partners who have filled many of these gaps in the mean time. I encourage you to consider these products and expect them to greatly improve as they receive better and better GroupWise API support.

Regards,

Dean

Dean Lythgoe
Director, GroupWise Engineering