Heh, missed this thread...
Not only is it FULLY open ended, like any other stand alone ECU, but it also exposes all of the tables for the various sensors. Want to run a "faster stronger" boost solenoid? Go for it. Want to run a cheap GM IAT sensor? Not a problem! Different MAF? Sure, get the engineering data and put it in. Bigger injectors? Yup yup. No rev limiter at all? 2 step rev limiter? Yup again. Different levels of boost based on gear selection? I do believe that's possible too

Jason posted some pinouts in another thread - there's a pile of spare I/Os and the 6speed car gets even more of them. Apparently some of these can be programmed as triggers to activate other functions (Nitrous) etc. Sweet!
So, the alphabet soup of various add-on parts to trick the stock ECU to do what you want isn't needed. A laptop IS needed but only for adjustments, it can even datalog standalone for a period of time and dump to the laptop later on.
The boost controller is th eone thing I'm wondering about maybe usig with the AEM ECU. It would be nice to be able to switch boost levels to whatever you wanted easily. I'm wondering if perhaps an analog input could be used with a rheostat to raise and lower boost. Guess we'll know soon enough!
Aznsporter: You beta testing this? That doesn't look like the demo software to me unless a new version has been released. If you're testing and not under NDA can you share any impressions? Would really make the waiting easier to bear

[edit] Where did that come from? I saw your car was nabbed so probably not a beta... can ya' share?