Silicon Cowboys
Launched in 1982 by three friends in a Houston diner, Compaq Computer set out to create a PC to take on IBM, the planet's most powerful tech provider. Many had tried cloning the market leader's code, just to be trounced its own lawyers and by IBM. Explore the remarkable David vs. Goliath story, and ultimate departure, of Compaq, an unlikely up-start who shifted the future of calculating and also helped shape the planet as we know it today.
Released: 2016-09-16
Genre:
Documentary
Duration: 77
min
Country:
United States of America