There are other, database and publishing software.

but is there anything other than microsoft office and open office out there ?

don't get me wrong , MS office is pretty good. but I'm just wondering if theres an equally good product. (like IE and firefox).

StarOffice use to be a good suite...

http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/get_eval.jsp

I use open but have tried abiword before now. IMO it's not as good as OO but it's not that bad.

IBM Lotus Symphony
ThinkFree Office 3
Google Docs & Spreadsheets