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A brief history of the Bloomberg terminal

Original: A brief history of the Bloomberg terminal Article URL: https:// spectrum.ieee.org/bloomberg-te rminal Comments URL: http

IEEE Spectrum has published a retrospective on the Bloomberg terminal, the financial data workstation Michael Bloomberg's company introduced in the 1980s and that remains a fixture on trading desks worldwide. Readers on Hacker News are discussing the article, trading hundreds of comments on the terminal's technology, its steep cost, and why it has held off competition for decades.

Why now: A well-read tech history article sparked active discussion about an iconic and expensive piece of financial technology.

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• A brief history of the Bloomberg terminal Article URL: https:// spectrum.ieee.org/bloomberg-te rminal Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9909583 Points: 142 # Comments: 49 https:// spectrum.ieee.org/bloomberg-te rminal # Tech # Technology # TechNews # AI #… · techwire@gamefan.net · 2

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