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Silicon Cowboys

Silicon Cowboys

# They risked their future to create ours...
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📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 2016-09-16
⌚ Running Time: 77 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.7

Beloved Cast

Rod Canion original image
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Rod Canion
Bill Murto original image
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Bill Murto
Jim Harris original image
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Jim Harris
Bill Fargo original image
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Bill Fargo
Hugh Barnes original image
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Hugh Barnes
Gary Stimac original image
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Gary Stimac
Steve Flannigan original image
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Steve Flannigan
Mike Swavely original image
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Mike Swavely
Karen Walker original image
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Karen Walker
Ben Rosen original image
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Ben Rosen
Ross Cooley original image
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Ross Cooley
Steve Ullrich original image
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Steve Ullrich
Charles Lee original image
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Charles Lee

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