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。

Rod canion:
We walked in, looked around, picked a booth That was kind of by itself.
Unfortunately, we hadn't thought to bring anything with us, So we turned over the placemat and borrowed a pencil From the waitress, and proceeded to describe to ted papa john How we wanted it to look.
Jim harris:
What he drew was something that Was very professional looking.
We knew where the monitor would go, what the size was, How the keyboard would go in.
Rod canion:
Laid out somewhat like an osborne But with much smoother lines, plastic molded case, Keyboard just like an ibm pc.
As I saw that sketch coming together on the paper, There was an excitement.
We're going to make this work.
I didn't know how yet, but it was headed that way.
This is something we can get funding for.
Alec berg:
Post mark zuckerberg inventing facebook In high school, there is this different path which Is oh, if I study this stuff and I learn computers, I can move to palo alto when I graduate college, And there's just money raining from the sky.
Announcer:
Uber growth at uber. Reuters has learned that the ride sharing service see Its global bookings more than tripling this year To nearly $11 billion dollars.
Announcer:
A picture is worth a thousand words, And for instagram, a billion dollars.
Announcer:
Snapchat, the barely three-year-old company, Raised almost half a billion dollars in investment funding.
Roger mcnamee:
There's just so much venture capital.
Back then, there wasn't that much.
Alec berg:
If you wanted to start a computer company, There was literally nobody.
You had to go get a bank loan, you had to have collateral.
Chris cantwell:
If you weren't walking in, In a suit-- a nice suit, and a tie, And you had this education, and you had this background, And this many decades of experience, Nobody wanted to even listen to you.
Ben rosen:
We received an introduction to meet Rod, bill, and jim in houston.
Their business plan had a sketch of the portable computer On the back of a placemat from the house of pies.
And they showed for first year sales of $30 million.
Now, that was absurd.
You're taking a chance on somebody from a big company Starting a new company.
It's whether it's a gut feeling or something About the discussion you have with them That you feel is going to help differentiate Them from other people.
Roger mcnamee:
Rod obviously had some skills, But he had clear weaknesses.