There's no way that DOD can have a system architecture to serve as a single solution. We have a pretty standard environment. We use a combination of Microsoft Windows NT, Exchange and Outlook. Our headquarters now has centralized acquisition. We are the ones who buy the machines and the software for everybody to use, and we maintain configuration control.
Interoperability is difficult on the joint side.
But interoperability on the coalition side of the equation is as difficult, perhaps even more. The spectrum is central to interoperability on the coalition level. Spectrum is a national resource to which every nation is giving a lot of attention because of increasing competition for spectrum resources. Those parts of the spectrum that are most highly sought are the ones becoming the most crowded. I was pleased when I arrived here this past summer to see that this command was addressing Y2K aggressively.