>Honestly, I haven't looked at the embedded visual tools (are they neat?),

Yes and no. The VB environment is pretty simple to use, but I see some deployment issues. I'm more fond of the VC++ model, though C++ is going to limit the audience somewhat. In either case, I think there's room for improvment.

> but methinks that a simple, all-in-one development tool that's data oriented >like VFP would be cool for that setting.

I would agree. I'm just trying to get feedback on what folks would find to be so cool about VFP on PPC.