Silicon Cowboys (movie)

Silicon Cowboys (movie)

  • User score: 6.7
  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Jason Cohen
  • Production companies: Fancy Film Post Services, Zipper Bros Films, Campfire Studios
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 9/16/2016
  • Run time: 77 min.

Movie description

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.

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Rod Canion

Rod Canion

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Bill Murto

Bill Murto

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Jim Harris

Jim Harris

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Bill Fargo

Bill Fargo

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Hugh Barnes

Hugh Barnes

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