Vector Smart Object does not STAY vector.

When I save my photoshop file as an .eps, I can have all the text from the Photoshop file remain vector, but a Vector Smart Object does not remain vector. Is there a way to have it remain vector?

While that is true, there are great limitations to the current scenario. I came up using quark for layout and while it is a great typesetting program and has tried really hard to improve its functionality in terms of color management, type effects, pdf export, alpha transparency, etc., it certainly cannot do what what photoshop can in these areas. I made the switch to InDesign several years ago but hated the learning curve with it. I already knew quark and found myself struggling to use InDesign like quark. Now I am back to the old Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator paradigm. Illustrator is another great program that i am fluent in and use daily, but it is easier to do a lot of things in photoshop in terms of image manipulation, etc. So then you are back to the Photoshop plus 1 scenario, only now using Illustrator as your layout program. (quark is still better than this)
The thing that I hate the most is always having to decide which program best suits each design and also trying to explain my reasoning with others that work with me. For example, If i were doing an image-heavy design with some type that required drop shadows or any other raster effect, i would save a layered tif as my working file (the compression saves space) and an eps for placement in the layout program (to retain the vector type) but heaven forbid i also want to use a vector logo in that design. Now i have my editable tif, my vector/raster eps and my logo. Oh wait, the client wants to move everything around 10 times? OK now i am opening, saving, nudging, opening, saving etc.
so in essence, show me a layout program that is image saavy as photoshop or an image manippulator that is as vector and type saavy as quark or indesign. Is that really so much to ask? We have paid over and over again for minor versions of all of these programs. I think i photoshop is the front-runner in terms of meeting my needs, at least for single page documents. i love smart objects (vector and raster) double clicking to edit and never having to worry about where one is saved or what color format its in is sweet!! i would just like photoshop to parse reasonably complex vectors and output them.
It parses complex type just fine, even with drop shadows! OK rant over. Nap time.

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Adobe Photoshop Version: 2014.2.2 20141204.r.310 2014/12/04:23:59:59 CL 994532 x64
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