I could also imagine this "open" function getting presets to make it speak the same language as a Lemur or a Monome. That would chiefly be a convenience thing but I could see that getting quite popular.
Hmmmm, just looked into it and it sounds like the Lemur only uses OSC for data and not for configuring the interface itself for which it needs a Win/Mac only application. That's a bit of a shame, that would've been quite amusing.
Kas.