Still, the federal government has experienced similar struggles in seeking to align incompatible computer system across multiple intelligence agencies.

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Until recently, incompatible legacy systems made it very hard to use common computer systems across different countries.

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Eliminating the interface would be a step back to the old computer industry, where each machine had a unique interface and was incompatible with other computers.

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