The world certainly needs better data manipulation tools for programmers and non-programmers alike BUT ... neither group feels like strongly enough to make the market for spreadsheets and user-level database tool competative again. It's sad.
It shows that individual users drive markets rather than "the world" driving markets - I don't mean this snidely. There are many things that people would benefit from if they thought from the point of view of "the world" But that thinking is not common.
I think the route in to a market like this might be a killer app of some sort built on top of this platform. Users want their POS box tied in to their accounting program - they may not care about user-level databases directly, but they certainly care about making their businesses run more smoothly and reliably.
It shows that individual users drive markets rather than "the world" driving markets - I don't mean this snidely. There are many things that people would benefit from if they thought from the point of view of "the world" But that thinking is not common.