Silicon Cowboys
2016, Film, 77 min, Documentary, History, English, United States, MoviePedia score 66
They risked their future to create ours...
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.
Directed by Jason Cohen
Cast
- Rod Canion as Self
- Jim Harris as Self
- Bill Murto as Self
- Bill Fargo as Self
- Alec Berg as Self
- Christopher Cantwell as Self
- Mitch Kapor as Self
- John Markoff as Self
- Chris Garcia as Self
- Bill Aulet as Self
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