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They risked their future to create ours... - Silicon Cowboys
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Title: Silicon Cowboys

Release Date: 16 Sep 2016

Runtime: 1h 17m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Fancy Film Post Services, Zipper Bros Films, Campfire Studios

Production Companies: Fancy Film Post Services, Zipper Bros Films, Campfire Studios

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.8 (70 votes)

Cast

  • Self: 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
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