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Silicon Cowboys
Silicon Cowboys

6.8

Silicon Cowboys

NR·2016·77m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director, Writer

Jason Cohen

Book

Rod Canion

Writer

Steven Leckart

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

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Keywords

based on novel or book
texas
david vs. goliath
ibm
1980s
80s style
computing
compaq
pc
portable computer