[Feature] Replication Distributor Interface [Description] 
In SQL Server 2000, the Replication Distributor Interface provided an interface to store replicated transactions in the distribution database on the Distributor. This interface could be used to enable publishing from a non-SQL Server database (additional custom programming was required to track changes on the Publisher). Support for this feature has been deprecated, but existing code will continue to work on a server upgraded from SQL Server 2000. For more information, see "Replication Distributor Interface Reference" in SQL Server 2000 Books Online. SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 support publishing from Oracle databases without custom programming. For more information, see Oracle Publishing Overview.