Silicon Cowboys 2016

They risked their future to create ours...

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NR
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.

Release Date 2016-09-16
Runtime 1h 17m
Director Jason Cohen
Producer
Writers Steven Leckart, Jason Cohen, Rod Canion