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whatok on Oct 7, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: How the Bloomberg terminal made history

Most install the software on their own hardware. Definitely wasn't the case back in the day hence the moniker "terminal" for the desktop software.

HiLo on Oct 7, 2015 [–]

Mostly correct, most financial and commodity institutions I've visited make heavy use of their (extremely expensive) keyboards.

whatok on Oct 8, 2015 | [–]

Yeah, I was strictly talking about the software. Keyboard is sort of essential for operation.

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