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A brief history of the Bloomberg terminal

395 points · 171 comments · rbanffy

  1. UltraSane · · focus · HN ↗
    At $32,000 a year per person the Bloomberg Terminal is a deeply unfair advantage for the rich to get richer.
    1. alightsoul · · focus · HN ↗
      Yeah, but I think they just sell convenience and there are projects on GitHub like openbb that piece together something very similar for much less.
      1. jll29 · · focus · HN ↗
        In finance, people who consider the cost of a Bloomberg terminal "expensive" are often considered "not serious" (small fish)... it has often been seen as a status symbol as well as a professional work tool.
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