from C|Net:
AOL will provide to Macromedia Central its application programming interfaces and development tools for AIM and ICQ. Developers can then integrate the IM software’s real-time communications and online presence features into their products.
Read more here:
http://news.com.com/2100-1032-5109001.html
This opens the doors a little for central. Now, central still seems pretty useless. This could be an indication to a “killer app” that makes people actually want to use it.