So I'm considering doing a major product with zope, and I'd like to hear what people think about taking a site off of zope. I know it's a great framework to build in, but I'm really used to Database programming and ma inclined to use that. I know you can have SQL adapters in Zope, but for two reasons I don't want to use them, 1. They can be a hassle to set up and since this is a distributed app, this might be a problem. 2. It doesn't really take advantage of the object oriented nature of zope's content management. It basically then is just an excuse for a good templating engine. What I am worried about though is if I build my product without SQL(it is a task management/portal suite), it will forever live on Zope, and getting to that data from other programs will be next to impossible. Does anybody have any experience/advice on this, please let's hear from the zealots AND the skeptics. I know Zope is awesome, I just want to make sure it doesn't get me in a proprietary bind. Thanx J