Compaq
includes Compaq Portable
3 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 15, 2022 by Brendan Eich · said 29 times in 8 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
Mentions by year, the whole family
brought up most by David Rosenthal (16), Ben Gilbert (7), Mitch Lasky (2), Brendan Eich (2), Steve Ballmer (1), Michael Mauboussin (1)
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2025 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2024 18 mentions in 1 episode
2023 2 mentions in 1 episode
2022 5 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
Everything said about Compaq, oldest first
Feb 15, 2022 negative
Eich: Microsoft was convicted for threatening Compaq over Netscape bundling
“They had the Windows Monopoly, but what they did in tying the browser to it and threatening Compaq with revocation of the Windows license if Compact Shift Netscape as the default browser was illegal, and they got convicted for it.”
Apr 22, 2024 positive
Apr 22, 2024 positive
Compaq set multiple rapid growth records and became the largest PC maker
“Compaq was the fastest startup to ever hit a hundred million in revenue, then the youngest firm to break into the Fortune 500, then the fastest company to hit a billion in revenue, and by 1994, Compaq was the largest PC maker in the world.”