Silicon Cowboys Page #6

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Bill murto:
He got

some dental work done.

: He went

to speech school.

I never dreamed that

it could come this far.

We went out and got contacts.

Rod was more than receptive.

Rod canion:
We knew a lot

about designing products

And knew nothing

about the press,

And ben took me under

his wing and was a very

Important influence on me.

Ladies and gentlemen,

miss irene cara.

what a feeling.

Even believing.

Rod canion:
Today, we

would like to introduce

A major addition to the compaq

family, the compaq plus.

Announcer:
Compaq plus stores

30 times more than yours.

Does it have a handle?

Announcer:
Yes.

Oh, drat.

Introducing the

compaq portable ii.

Announcer:
Compaq's sales

jumped 54% for the first three

Months of the year.

Apparently, I should

never have mentioned

Compaq's portable computer.

I should have been telling

you about compaq's deskpro

Computer.

Rod canion:
Today, we're

announcing the deskpro

286, and the portable 286.

Congratulations for

another terrific year,

People of compaq computers.

We got to enjoy

the day and then

We'll get back to work well,

maybe tomorrow, I guess.

Jan, this is what

the fuss is all about.

The 8386 microprocessor

from intel.

Now, no real operating system,

no real software, yet people

Are waiting in line to buy

computers with 386 in it.

More talk about it than probably

anything since the ibm pc

Came out.

Is this a lot of hype, or is

this really a major development

Of personal computers?

Oh, this is not

just hype, stewart,

This is a quantum leap

in personal computers.

Right now, people

are standing in line

To get these systems just for

the raw speed that it offers.

Announcer:
The 386

chips, which give pcs

The power and stunning clarity

of so-called workstations,

Are expected to become

commonplace in a year or two.

Ibm always had first access

to the intel computer chip,

So everybody else was followers.

So ibm was always at the tip

of the spear so to speak.

Ibm for maybe 70 years, I don't

know-- however long it existed,

Expected exclusives.

: Intel

took the attitude,

We're not going to

work with just you,

We're working with everybody.

The significance of them

being willing to release

A microprocessor to

someone who wasn't ibm,

Was at a minimum, a modestly

hostile act towards ibm.

Compaq computer

will announce two

New personal computers

today, including

The world's fastest model.

A development that could make

big blue, ibm, green with envy.

come on, come on,

come on, come on, come on,

Come on, come on, come on.

Rod canion:
Today, compaq

computer corporation

Is stepping to the forefront of

the personal computer industry.

The compaq deskpro 386 is

by far the most advanced

High performance personal

computer available in the world

Today.

The 386 era is here.

Everyone at intel is very

enthused about compaq's

Announcement today.

Announcer:
The system

has a maximum ram

Capacity of 14 megabytes.

This provides more

than enough memory

For not only today's

applications,

But for tomorrow's as well.

Of course, compaq was

first out of the gate

With a 386 computer, but this

time ibm is not in the picture.

Rod canion:
We spent a lot

of time trying to prove,

Absolutely beyond a

shadow of a doubt,

That this thing

was going to work

And it was going to

succeed, so how better

Than having bill

gates himself standing

Up and saying how great it was.

The original vision of

microsoft-- that there would

Eventually be a machine on

most desktops for office work,

Will be fulfilled by the

power of this type of machine.

It's gutsy, and the

industry was like, whoa.

I'm sure ibm went, they what?

We did not see it coming.

They couldn't have been happy.

And we couldn't

have been happier.

Compaq insists that I tell you

about their new 386 computer,

Which they say is the most

advanced desktop ever made.

But they're still sticking

to this cock and bull story

About it being made from 386

chips and 32 bits of a bus.

Frankly, this is not credible.

It's an insult to

your intelligence.

If I were you, I wouldn't

watch this commercial.

In fact, I'll

switch over for you.

That was the first time that

we came out so far ahead of them

That people started asking

what happened to ibm.

I mean, you just follow

what ibm does, right?

That was the

beginning of somebody

Putting real chips behind ibm is

vulnerable and intel did that.

The funny thing is that certain

other companies are still

Trying to make one of these.

So if you work for

mm, mm, mm, ha!

Remember, all you need are 386

chips and 32 bits of a bus.

We still dominated

the corporate computing

Marketplace, and if they got

too big, then we would move in.

Is it fair to characterize

you, as a competitor of ibm,

Do you really take

them on, head on?

Well, we certainly

compete directly with ibm.

Our intent is not so

much to compete with ibm,

As to compete for customers

who have an alternative

Of buying ibm products.

It has been a star performer.

It has grown faster than almost

any other company in history

In so short a period of

time, but this business

Is fraught with.

Danger

Do you think they can

continue this pace?

It's doubtful.

Announcer:
Compaq released

sales predictions Wednesday

Saying the company will

report first quarter sales

Of more than $200 million.

Announcer:
The company's

two latest machines,

A desktop and a portable,

are pound for pound the most

Powerful computers ever made.

Announcer:
Compaq more than

doubled it's sales last year

And almost tripled its earnings.

It took compaq computer

just three years

To leap into the fortune

500 list of the nation's

Largest industrial companies.

Kim frandois:
The press enjoyed

writing about the wild texans

That came from nowhere

and made a stake

In the high tech industry.

Announcer:
The

northwest eastern storm

Is being discussed

around the country

As one of the fastest growing

companies in recent history.

Jim harris:
We were having

the time of our life.

Kim frandois:
We never stopped.

We worked hard, we played hard.

Announcer:
Compaq plans

to announce what amounts

To the lamborghini of pcs.

Roger mcnamee:
As

time went on you

See neater and cooler cars

show up in the parking lot.

Mike swavely:
I bought

a 1982 porshe 928.

Ken price:
He showed up

at my house one morning,

About 10 o'clock with a pitcher

of bloody mary's, and he

Said, c'mon, let's

go buy a couple cars.

Charles lee:
I had

my wife, my kids,

And we went to the

corvette dealer to get me

A red and white

corvette convertible.

I drove a four cylinder tempest

with a cracked windshield,

So that was more or less

the kind of cars that were

In the parking lot before then.

Ken price:
Those of us who

were used to eating mcdonald's

And drinking

budweiser beer, were

Suddenly eating smoked salmon

and drinking don perignon.

Charles lee:
I was looking

out the window one day

And a helicopter landed.

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