The First Users Action is identified in the 1994 Work Programme of the Information Technologies Programme in task 2.26 as follows:- Stimulating the access of SMEs to the use of components and subsystems and of microsystems, in the context of an action for first users. The aim is to support projects devised by individual companies, acting alone or in collaboration with service providers of their own choosing. The duration of individual projects is expected to be of the order of one year. To facilitate later exploitation of the results, the projects should be in line with the primary products of the SMEs.