Silicon Cowboys

Name: Silicon Cowboys
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-09-16
Duration: 4620 min
Rating: 6.8

6.8 2016 1h 17m United States of America

Documentary

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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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.

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Directors

Jason Cohen

Writers

Steven Leckart, Jason Cohen, Rod Canion

Cast

Rod Canion, Bill Murto, Jim Harris, Bill Fargo, Hugh Barnes, Gary Stimac, Steve Flannigan, Mike Swavely, Karen Walker, Ben Rosen, Ross Cooley, Steve Ullrich, Charles Lee

Production

Fancy Film Post Services, Zipper Bros Films, Campfire Studios

Languages

English

Countries

United States of America