Open Source Software will definitely be the new trend for software companies looking to liven up older or aging programs. It seems AOL has decided to Open up its Instant messaging platform to developers in hopes of making great upgrades. I think this is a unique proposition because developers will be able to create more compatible features for the program and users, regular ol' users, will be in the blue about the situation and give great accolades to AOL for providing the upgrades not the OSS developers. It is not just AOL, but my only complaint about the open source community as well. I feel credit is not given properly and AOL and other companies who use similar tactics will use open source as a way to (obviously cut costs) but to also gain marketing momentum for its partnering sites. Of course I could be wrong, but I haven;t seen a reason for AOL to open up its chat client in the first place.