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OpenBB, open-source Bloomberg terminal rival, shuts down

Original: # openbb was an effort for an open source version of the Bloomberg terminal, the age-old network / infrastructure for fi

OpenBB, an open-source project aiming to build a free alternative to the Bloomberg terminal, has shut down after years of development. Bloomberg's terminal, a long-standing network for finance professionals that predates the public internet, remains part of what one commenter describes as a duopoly in market data infrastructure. Observers are pointing to the shutdown as a sign of how hard it is to unseat entrenched financial data platforms.

Why now: News of the shutdown of a prominent open-source challenge to Bloomberg's dominant financial terminal has prompted discussion about entrenched infrastructure in finance.

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• # openbb was an effort for an open source version of the Bloomberg terminal, the age-old network / infrastructure for finance professionals (it predates the internet 🤣) that is still part of a duopoly in this space. After years of development, they had to shutdown. Points to… · openrisk · 4

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