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While more and more brokers are embracing modern technology every day, some are still firmly stuck in the 70s, with basic - if reliable - Green Screen systems. Paul Lang says it is high time the last few stragglers bite the bullet and join the modern age
The statement, "My broker still wears flared trousers" may, at best, say something about his outlook on life - charming, eccentric, possessing a playful nature. But if the broker continues to run his business in 2006 with 1970s technology, it could be a significant indicator of his negative survival prospects.
For the record, 'Green Screen' was the common name for a monochrome CRT computer display using a green P1 phosphor screen. They succeeded teletype terminals and preceded colour CRTs as the
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