Silicon Cowboys

“They risked their future to create ours...”

2016·77 min·Released

Studio: Campfire Studios, Fancy Film Post Services, Zipper Bros Films

6.8TMDb

6.9IMDb

100%RT

Available on

Theatrical Sep 16, 2016

Nexus ms21324TMDb 381058IMDb tt4938484

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USA · English · USA

Documentary

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.