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Re:Why it’s hard to kill the Bloomberg terminal (2019) by dx034 on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @04:04AM (#23905142)
You need the keyboard and/or B-Unit for second factor authentication. Licenses are for a single person only and not transferable (there are machine-based licenses but those are increasingly rare).

So you need a shipping address.

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Re:Why it’s hard to kill the Bloomberg terminal (2019) by closeparen on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:38PM (#23908318)
Don’t a lot of places have a communal / semi-public Terminal? Obviously not for trading, but for information, like a library computer.
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Re:Why it’s hard to kill the Bloomberg terminal (2019) by dx034 on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @06:57AM (#23974390)
Yes, those run on terminal based licenses. Bloomberg still sells those but you need to tell your sells rep exactly why you want one and don't get all features (e.g. IB). They are not very keen on selling those.
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