Silicon Cowboys (2016)
They risked their future to create ours...
poster Silicon Cowboys

Country:United States, 77 minutes

Spoken languages:English

Genres:Documentary

Director(s):Jason Cohen

Writer(s):Steven Leckart, Jason Cohen

Video Codec:Unknown

Number: 1214

Tomatometer Score:
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IMDb Rating:
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6.9/10 (67 votes)

Certification:NR

Storyline:
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:

photo Rod Canion
Rod Canion Self
photo Bill Murto
Bill Murto Self
photo Jim Harris
Jim Harris Self
photo Bill Fargo
Bill Fargo Self
photo Hugh Barnes
Hugh Barnes Self

Medium: Media file,

Location: V:\movie\MKV\Silicon Cowboys (2016).mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: Unknown