productivity software integration
 

I've been using OOo lately for my personal needs, but I am still using MS Office 2003 for my small business. I like OOo a lot and find it to be superior to MS office in some regards but what I really need is a productivity suite that offers the same integration as MS office. In particular I need an email client that integrates with my database and spreadsheet software and I need all of those programs and the word processor as well to integrate with a desktop publishing program. OOo is not there yet in that regard (it doesn't even have an email client or a publishing application) and the database program it comes with is pretty dreadful. Can somebody point me to an integrated software package that will give me the integrated functionality I need in order to do business? If I can get that and improved video playback (see my thread in the software section) I can rid myself of Microsoft forever.

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