Silicon Cowboys
2016
They risked their future to create ours...
- Jason Cohen
- 1h 17m
- September 16, 2016 · United States of America
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 16, 2016
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Cast
- Jim Harris,Hugh Barnes,Rod Canion,Bill Murto,Gary Stimac,Steve Flannigan,Ben Rosen,Mike Swavely,Ross Cooley,Bill Fargoand 3 more
- Director
- Jason Cohen
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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