I guess if LCtrl and their LMod3 were swapped (ie so that capslock is used as Ctrl for shortcut keys), I could see this being an interesting layout. It has all the common keys either on the home row or easily reached from the home row. I can't ever see myself switching from Colemak though, I like how the fingers roll across adjacent keys too much.

(Plus since I don't type much German, I don't need quick access to üöäß, though an English-centric variant of Neo would be.. interesting, maybe using those keys for the most common programming symbols?)