硅之牛仔Silicon Cowboys Movie Script

Hugh barnes:

I don't question the motives of it.

I think ben was genuinely concerned, I mean there's just no doubt about it.

Jim harris:

Rod wouldn't compromise And take the dual leadership.

We were getting ready to have a board meeting and rod told me.

He said, you know, jim, they're going to vote Today on whether to remove me.

My attitude when we started compaq was I Would be ready to move aside if that ever was necessary, And I thank the other founders of compaq Had the same attitude.

That night of the board meeting,

It was 10:

30, 11:00 o'clock at night.

I got a call from jim.

Kim walker:

I can only say there was Open weeping in the hallways.

Bill fargo:

Going on without him was almost unimaginable.

Charles lee:

I had quit compaq that day.

Kim walker:

It was like the heart and soul Of the company being torn out.

Jim harris:

I went ahead and turned my resignation in.

Rod canion:

I cannot even think of being tired of what I'm doing and the opportunity that I See at compaq in the same fault-- They are two different things.

I see so much challenge out there, A challenge that, I believe, we're capable of, And yet I really want to see it through.

Roger mcnamee:

Ben convinced himself that this Was the right thing to make.

Bill fargo:

He lost it. He said several tears over the decision.

Hugh barnes:

It was inevitable that there'd be a change.

Rod canion:

It was a very sad time.

It sunk in, what had really happened and what it meant.

It took a very long time before it Finally began to feel normal not to be there every day.

It was tough, it was tough on-- it was hard on me.

Roger mcnamee:

Compaq's focus on portability Was the beginning of mobility and mattering To the technology industry, and everything that we do today Is really driven by the ethic that if you Can't do it while you're moving around, it's not very valuable.

And we can thank compaq for all of that.