
Silicon Cowboys
IMDB:
6.7
Released
9/16/2016
Duration
1h 17m
Genre
Documentary
Country
United States of America
Cast
Rod Canion, Bill Murto, Jim Harris
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.

Silicon Cowboys
IMDB:
6.7Released
9/16/2016
Genre
Documentary
Cast
Rod Canion, Bill Murto, Jim Harris
Duration
1h 17m
Country
United States of America
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.
Cast

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Rod Canion

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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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Karen Walker

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Ben Rosen

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Ross Cooley

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