Silicon Cowboys

Silicon Cowboys

77 mins | Documentary | Sept. 16, 2016

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

77 mins | Documentary | Sept. 16, 2016

Silicon Cowboys
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Campfire, Zipper Bros Films, Fancy Film Post Services
Original title Silicon Cowboys
Directors Jason Cohen
Writers Rod Canion, Steven Leckart, Jason Cohen

Cast

Rod Canion

as Self

Bill Murto

as Self

Jim Harris

as Self

Bill Fargo

as Self

Hugh Barnes

as Self

Gary Stimac

as Self

Steve Flannigan

as Self

Mike Swavely

as Self

Karen Walker

as Self

Ben Rosen

as Self

Ross Cooley

as Self

Steve Ullrich

as Self

Charles Lee

as Self