Silicon Cowboys (2016)
"They risked their future to create ours..."
Title: Silicon Cowboys
Original Title: Silicon Cowboys
Release Date: 2016-09-16
Status: Released
Rating: 6.7/10 (from 76 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Fancy Film Post Services, Zipper Bros Films, Campfire Studios
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.
Cast
Rod Canion
Self
Bill Murto
Self
Jim Harris
Self
Bill Fargo
Self
Hugh Barnes
Self
Gary Stimac
Self
Steve Flannigan
Self
Mike Swavely
Self
Karen Walker
Self
Ben Rosen
Self
