2016
6.8 (73 votes)
1h 17m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
Fancy Film Post Services
Zipper Bros Films
Campfire Studios
Zipper Bros Films
Campfire Studios
Silicon Cowboys
They risked their future to create ours...
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.
Key Crew
Director: Jason Cohen
Writer: Steven Leckart, Jason Cohen
Top Cast
Rod Canion
Self
Bill Murto
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Jim Harris
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Bill Fargo
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Hugh Barnes
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Gary Stimac
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Steve Flannigan
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Mike Swavely
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Videos
Silicon Cowboys Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Documentary
