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The impression I got at the time is that they'd have used the F-15 in
theater if they could have, but there wasn't time to reprogram the
weapons computer.

A sign of the times when the hardware is ready before the software. Back in
the old days it didn't matter if they hadn't written the manual for a new
battleship or tank, but nowadays the weapon system might be standing right
there in front of you as large as life and ready to go in camouflage paint,
but if a collection of magnetic values ain't in the right order, it ain't
going nowhere.

Pete, whose computer will handle a version of Windows that hasn't been
written yet.