On: A brief history of the Bloomberg terminal

[alightsoul]

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.

[jll29 → alightsoul]

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.