Silicon Cowboys

Silicon Cowboys

2016/09/16 • Released • English

Documentary
6.8
1h 17m

They risked their future to create ours...

Overview

Launched in 1982 by three friends in a Houston diner, Compaq Computer set out to build a portable PC to take on IBM, the world’s most powerful tech company. Many had tried cloning the industry leader’s code, only to be trounced by IBM and its high-priced lawyers. Explore the remarkable David vs. Goliath story, and eventual demise, of Compaq, an unlikely upstart who altered the future of computing and helped shape the world as we know it today.

Director : Jason Cohen

Casts
Rod Canion

Rod Canion

Self

Bill Murto

Bill Murto

Self

Jim Harris

Self

Bill Fargo

Self

Hugh Barnes

Self

Gary Stimac

Self

Steve Flannigan

Self

Mike Swavely

Self

Karen Walker

Self

Ben Rosen

Self

Ross Cooley

Self

Steve Ullrich

Self

Charles Lee

Self

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