We clearly don't understand each other. You say "Adding this to my private list of reasons whenever someone scoffs at "paying $25k a year for a pair of LCDs and a cheap keyboard". I think, "his work is paying the 25k."

I don't scoff. But I can't afford it. By the way, the guy who said Google "flight schedule LAX ORD" did a great service here.

Oh, gotcha. I wasn't really talking about the who, but rather if a Bloomberg terminal is worth the cost. From time to time there are people who are just baffled why "a pair of LCDs and a keyboard" cost $2k each month. The answer being that the service is the thing being bought, and that it's clearly worth it to the people and companies that subscribe.