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Feature film — 2016

Silicon Cowboys (2016)

6.81h 17mDocumentary

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.

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A high-signal pick with 84 votes.

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Director: Jason Cohen

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Cast & crew

Rod Canion as Self

Rod Canion

Self

Bill Murto as Self

Bill Murto

Self

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Jim Harris

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Bill Fargo

Self

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Hugh Barnes

Self

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Gary Stimac

Self

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Steve Flannigan

Self

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Mike Swavely

Self

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Karen Walker

Self

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Ben Rosen

Self

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Ross Cooley

Self

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Steve Ullrich

Self

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