R/2 is a set of coordinated business applications from SAP, a German company that introduced the
product in 1979. R/2 gained popularity until the mid-1990s, when it was superseded by the more
capable R/3 product, later updated by
mySAP.com. To some extent, R/2 is still in use.
Now more than 20 years old, R/2 continues to be supported by SAP, although support is expected
to decline. Using Application Link Enabled (ALE) technology,
R/2 systems can share data
with R/3 and mySAP.com-equipped systems. However, SAP says that it may more cost-effective to
migrate to R/3 rather than to stay with R/2, because of the improved support and expanded features
available with the current product.
This was last updated in January 2003
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