I've created a proposal detailing the long-rumored adaptergeddon at: http://dev.zope.org/Zope3/ComponentArchitectureSimplification Comments are welcomed. Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim at zope.com Python Powered! CTO (703) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org