Silicon Cowboys
They risked their future to create ours...
September 16, 2016
77 min
NR
✓ Released 3668 days ago
Documentary
6.8
User Score
83 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Jason Cohen
Runtime: 77 min
Top Cast
Rod Canion
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Bill Murto
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Jim Harris
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Bill Fargo
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Hugh Barnes
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Gary Stimac
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Steve Flannigan
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Mike Swavely
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