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20161h 17mNREnglish

Silicon Cowboys

They risked their future to create ours...

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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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DirectorJason Cohen

Keywords

based on novel or booktexasdavid vs. goliathibm1980s80s stylecomputingcompaqpcportable computer

Cast

Rod Canion as Self

Rod Canion

Self

Bill Murto as Self

Bill Murto

Self

Jim Harris as Self

Jim Harris

Self

Bill Fargo as Self

Bill Fargo

Self

Hugh Barnes as Self

Hugh Barnes

Self

Gary Stimac as Self

Gary Stimac

Self

Steve Flannigan as Self

Steve Flannigan

Self

Mike Swavely as Self

Mike Swavely

Self

Karen Walker as Self

Karen Walker

Self

Ben Rosen as Self

Ben Rosen

Self