硅之牛仔Silicon Cowboys Movie Script

杰瑞发布于2022-10-24

Three friends dream up the Compaq portable computer at a Texas diner in 1981, and soon find themselves battling mighty IBM for PC supremacy. Their improbable journey altered the future of computing and shaped the world we now know. 1981年,三位朋友在得克萨斯州的一家餐馆里梦想着康柏便携式电脑,很快就发现自己在与强大的IBM争夺PC霸主地位。他们不可思议的旅程改变了计算机的未来,塑造了我们现在所知的世界。

People must have thought you were nuts.
Jim harris:
We went to the credit unions And took out loans.
Bill murto:
I knew that I could last 6 months After I sold my wife's car.
Rod canion:
I had three small children, and a wife, And mortgage.
Jim harris:
I'd actually, recently married rhonda.
I was meeting a lot of her extended family, And it would be like, what do you do?
Well, I've actually left my job, and I want to start a company.
Oh, that's great.
What is that going to be?
Well, we hadn't decided yet.
And you quit your job?
Yes.
And you could tell they were thinking, poor rhonda.
Bill aulet:
The success of ibm had Come about through mainframe computers.
Ben rosen:
Ibm was making big computers To sell to big companies.
Howard anderson:
Computers were treated as a priesthood, And only the priests could touch them, And everyone else looked through a glass wall.
Eventually, the users wanted to get Hold of that computing power.
Chris garcia:
Ibm wanted to maintain control Over the computing industry as they Had during the 60's and 70's.
Let's build something for the masses That they can buy and become a commodity.
Roger mcnamee:
Everyone else was struggling To get a permanent foothold.
First pcs, apple ii, commodore, radioshack-- It was still a tiny market.
The game changer was when ibm entered the market in '81.
Announcer:
Ibm, international business machines, Has entered the small computer market for the first time.
It's expected to have a major impact On what is now the fastest growing sector Of the computer business.
Chris cantwell:
Ibm said, we're going To go from selling million dollar computers To a few thousand people, to $1000 computers To a few million people.