chirodoc,
Good questions.
1. Most computers need some type of Y2K correction.
YES. It's estimated that 80% of PC's are not Y2K compliant. Most PC's purchased within past 2 years may be OK. Depends if they have Y2K compliant RTCs (Real Time Clocks). Unfortunately, some PC's have still been built in '97 with non-compliant RTCs. Older networks will NOT be supported by original manufacture. New ones will have to be bought.
2. Large companies that have complex systems need more tweaking.
YES
3. There is a difference between changing software and embedded systems.
YES - You change software by correcting and re-typing code. With embedded systems, the instructions are BURNED on. That's why the instructions are referred to as "firmware". It was not meant to be changed. If embedded chips are not Y2K compliant, each one, individually, has to be physically removed and replaced with a new, corrected version.
4. Embedded systems are the programming in the circuitry of the computer.
YES
5. Besides factory automation, TPRO is one of the few companies dealing with Y2K problems in the embedded systems.
YES - For manufacturing and process control only - and for embedded systems developed and distributed by a wide variety of manufacturers. While there are billions of embedded systems existing in current products (i.e., medical devices, security systems, office equipment, elevators, commercial vehicles, VCR's, PBX systems, etc.), TPRO is not involved with fixing individual products which have been sold to consumers.
6. Besides software, most companies will need an embedded system fix--and that is how TPRO will get their initial big growth.
YES - But keep in mind their specific market is manufacturing and process control.
Cheryl |
