Silicon Cowboys
Silicon Cowboys

Silicon Cowboys

September 16, 2016 | 77 min

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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Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Bill Murto

Naomi Scott

Jim Harris

Naomi Scott

Bill Fargo

Naomi Scott

Hugh Barnes

Naomi Scott

Gary Stimac

Naomi Scott

Steve Flannigan

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