Originally Posted by Verbal

Yeah more or less ... It's the little things that bother me. For example Photoshop obviously has vector capabilities in it's text, pen and shaping tools. You CAN'T however (as far as I know) import an .AI or .EPS file without rasterizing it.

Again, it seems to me that if this was a possibility, Illustrator would only be used to create 'elements' for Photoshop and Flash, but wouldn't really have any other purpose as a stand-alone software.

I would be interested in hearing another point of view.