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Re:Can the Bloomberg Terminal be "Toppled"? by coreymgilmore on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @04:40PM (#7431704)
The problem with trying to 'top' Bloomberg isn't so much in making a better (all encompassing) product; it is more in trying to convince the legions of users and financial companies to make a change.

The world of finance is terrible slow at adopting new technology (I know a lot still use XP, sadly). So first, you have to convince people to upgrade. Then the next fun part: actually doing it. 1) fund the change. 2) get the gigantic IT departments to implement the change. Not so easy.

Then, will users even want to use something else? The finance world still uses Blackberry!

Re:Can the Bloomberg Terminal be "Toppled"? by fleitz on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @04:57PM (#7431800)
As well whatever solution you come up with must pass muster with the compliance officer.
Re:Can the Bloomberg Terminal be "Toppled"? by AznHisoka on Thursday March 20, 2014 @10:44AM (#7435792)
It's not the technology that matters to end users. users don't see if you're using NodeJS, or Ember or whatever. They just see the functionality and data.
Re:Can the Bloomberg Terminal be "Toppled"? by jeromesalimao on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @05:50PM (#7432120)
This. I still code in VB6. Alot.