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I'd like to launch a law suit against Nexedi because ERP5 is based on Zope instead of Django and I'd like to run a version on Django becaus Zope doesn't have the features I need but Django does. As a result they are unreasonably denying me access to those features. Does anybody know how I can start the litigation process in France?

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nobody stops you from using another ERP, they can't use another browser.

They don't own the platform where the ERP runs, apple does.

Nobody is making them support the iPhone.

iPhone and Android ARE the market, not only OSes.

From the press release, I'm not sure anyone is stopping them from developing on iOS.

What they don't like is that they have to write some different code on iOS and that costs them money. IANAL but I'd be a bit surprised if "write once, run anywhere" is enshrined in French law.

Back in the day, PageMaker ran only on Macs because only Macs had the underlying technology to support it. People bought Macs to run PageMaker. It was the "killer app".

If Nexedi's product was that good, they could convince people to buy Android devices.

Can a game maker sue Sony because it is extra work to port a game from XBox? Can they force Sony to support Kinect?

Furthermore, suppose Mozilla wants to port Firefox to the Nintendo 3DS. Does Nintendo have to let it in to their eShop?

Most game consoles since the NES have had lock-out technology, and that's legal everywhere, as far as I know.

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