Silicon Cowboys
Silicon Cowboys

Silicon Cowboys

They risked their future to create ours...

6.777 min
Documentary

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.

Movie Info

Release Date: 9/16/2016

Runtime: 77 min

Writers: Steven Leckart, Rod Canion

Top Cast

Rod Canion

Rod Canion

Self

Bill Murto

Bill Murto

Self

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