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Re: SAP R3 /3.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Barden)
Sat Jul 22 20:47:53 1995
To: sapr3-news@MIT.EDU
Date: 23 Jul 1995 00:21:49 GMT
From: Scott Barden <100632.1334@CompuServe.COM>
Hi Joe,
I've seen a bit of the intro R/3 3.0 material but haven't had
much hands on yet.
I was under the impression that the distributed database stuff is
still under development in a project called OPS (Oracle Parallel
Servers) undertaken by SAP, Oracle and IBM.
In release 3.0, a concept called ALE (Application Link Enabling)
is starting to come into play whereby customers use distributed
R/3 systems rather than distributed databases, and the ALE
technology keeps everything in sync by a series of complex
business rules (which will vary between customers). This way
different releases of R/3 systems will be able to co-exist as one
logical business system.
I know this description is a bit light on, sorry.
Regards, Scott Barden.
