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zhte415 on July 28, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Stop pushing the web forward

Still do, big business. Any data dependent system. Reuters / Bloomberg / Datastream. Rented out terminals of a centralized system.

digi_owl on July 28, 2015 | [–]

Ah yes, Bloomberg. Recently heard about those terminals in relation to someone using their service as something of a luxury Craigslist...

immibis on July 29, 2015 | [–]

With data dependent systems, I assume you pay for access to the data, not just for the ability to use a computer.

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