uh, Bloomberg's original business was selling computer systems. " Bloomberg developed and built his own computerized system to provide real-time market data, f

uh, Bloomberg's original business was selling computer systems. " Bloomberg developed and built his own computerized system to provide real-time market data, financial calculations and other financial analytics to Wall Street firms. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_L.P https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_L.P. Microsoft's original thing was NOT philanthropy.