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Silicon Cowboys

They risked their future to create ours...

6.82016Documentary

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.

Release2016-09-16
Runtime77 min
StatusReleased
CountriesUnited States of America
Original languageEN
SpokenEnglish
DirectorJason Cohen
WritersSteven Leckart, Jason Cohen, Rod Canion
ProductionFancy Film Post Services, Zipper Bros Films, Campfire Studios
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Popularity1
TMDB ID381058

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