ESS MSS Basic doubts

I am new to ESS MSS. I was reading documentation on this and have following doubts. I would be glad if somebody can help me with this.
1. What is self service homepage?
2. i read that we cn implement self service home oage with buisiness pakage employee self service and manager self service. But we need ECC 5 for that. Does it mean we cannot implement ESS MSS on ECC 6. I may sou d stupid but what does that mean. I want to implement ESS MSS on ECC 6.
Please clarify.
Thanks

Homepage is place where you see all the services,
And yes you can install ESS MSS on ESS 600, No issues
Please refer this doc
http://help.sap.com/bp_hcmv1600/BBLibrary/Documentation/N06_BB_ConfigGuide_EN_US.doc
or help.sap.com

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ESS = Employee Self Service
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(BIBLE) - Employee Self-Service (ESS) Applications
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/6a/5bc8a009d54fcaa8e06c826a57253b/frameset.htm
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by allowing employees direct access to HR information and services. The basic idea of ESS is that employees are empowered to be responsible for their own personal information.
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One of the major reason for organizations implementing ESS is that it allows HR professionals to spend less time in administrative tasks like paper filing,
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The Gartner Group had estimated that 40 percent of traditional HR activities were handled by ESS in the year 2000 and this can only increase over time.
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ESS Document:
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/CAESS/ESSIAC.pdf
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https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/4598a190-0201-0010-a59f-820e3b31f854
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/f6/263359f8c14ef98384ae7a2becd156/frameset.htm
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