Silicon Cowboys
Silicon Cowboys

Silicon Cowboys

They risked their future to create ours...

6.7(76 votes)
2016
1h 17m
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.

Production

Fancy Film Post Services, Zipper Bros Films, Campfire Studios

Cast

Rod Canion

Rod Canion

Self

Bill Murto

Bill Murto

Self

Jim Harris

Jim Harris

Self

Bill Fargo

Bill Fargo

Self

Hugh Barnes

Hugh Barnes

Self

Gary Stimac

Gary Stimac

Self

Steve Flannigan

Steve Flannigan

Self

Mike Swavely

Mike Swavely

Self

Karen Walker

Karen Walker

Self

Ben Rosen

Ben Rosen

Self

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