Tom Secunda Quotations

We had a way of looking up ZIP codes and looking up plane schedules. Now we're deciding whether our systems are better, or if we should just link to the Web. We have more options because we have the ability to transport Web content to our customers.

Bloomberg is now, in a loose sense, a portal. We provide our customers with Internet content, and we direct them to the appropriate content on the Web. For example, if you were looking at IBM information on Bloomberg, we can add a URL that you can click on to get to IBM's Web site.

The greatest advantage to us with the new network is that we can take advantage of new products and technologies. We're able to buy someone else's hardware, although we tend to build a lot of the software ourselves.