2016
- Documentary
Silicon Cowboys
They risked their future to create ours...
Runtime
1h 17m
Countries
- US
- United States
Languages
- en
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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StatusReleased
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Release dateSept. 16, 2016
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Original LanguageEnglish
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Production Companies
- Campfire
- Fancy Film Post Services
- Zipper Bros Films