Uh... it falls under absorption of a competitor... It also falls under monopolization (see the right sidebar of the Wiki you linked to).
Where is the proof Nuance has a monopoly or that it's been had illegally? Why is the purchase known but no reports of the government blocking the buy if it's so clearly anti-competitive?
Take a look at OmniPage, which used to be the best OCR program out there. Nuance bought the company, and the last version they sell for Mac is OmniPage X. They still sell it for $499, even though it hasn't been upgraded in 10 years. Maybe that's what the X is for!
I'm very skeptical it will run on Lion but nowhere can you find that on their product page.
The Dragon Dictation software for Mac is also far inferior to the Windows version and is priced very high. The company charges you more for an electronic download than for the boxed version of the software, and the activation codes restrict use to 1 machine.
Nuance is an awful company that is in the business of squeezing every last drop of profit from their software acquisitions.
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Making purchases to better your position in the market is neither illegal no criticized.
Which anticompetitive practice would it fall under?
Uh... it falls under absorption of a competitor... It also falls under monopolization (see the right sidebar of the Wiki you linked to).
Uh... it falls under absorption of a competitor... It also falls under monopolization (see the right sidebar of the Wiki you linked to).
Where is the proof Nuance has a monopoly or that it's been had illegally? Why is the purchase known but no reports of the government blocking the buy if it's so clearly anti-competitive?
I'm very skeptical it will run on Lion but nowhere can you find that on their product page.
The Dragon Dictation software for Mac is also far inferior to the Windows version and is priced very high. The company charges you more for an electronic download than for the boxed version of the software, and the activation codes restrict use to 1 machine.
Nuance is an awful company that is in the business of squeezing every last drop of profit from their software acquisitions.