>> My proposal is that we ask the vfp-team to develop a thin runtime that actually does run on a PDA. Below is a tentatively built list of functions and commands that can be omitted, as I see it now.

This is unrealistic since there are no plans to enhnace the core VFP product other than using the add-on extensiblity model, and that any resources for Windows Mobile features (PDA, Smartphone, etc.) is going into Visual Studio. Visual Studio 2005 includes great support for building mobile applications visually, there is the .NET Compact Framework and Pocket SQL Server available for mobile devices, etc. All resources in this area will go towards improving the existing functionality in Visual Studio and the .NET Compact Framework.