>AccuRaw can't ever compete with LR or C1, nor was it ever intended to. But it can be useful to photographers that want a product focussed on accuracy of rendering - both color and demosaicing - as a supplement to Photoshop/LR/C1/Aperture or whatever else.
Seems a good step in the right direction then.
>Can you offer any ideas on the best way to integrate the two applications?
1. Import files into LR4
2. Open these files in C1 and do basic processing
3. Develop from C1 into a temp folder (for C1 exports). We use mainly JPEGs because all the heavy lifting was done in C1. Of course you can use also 16 bit TIFFs.
4. Sync that folder in LR 4
5. Add all final touches in LR
6. Export image as DNG to my master folders (DNG keeps all edits)
I posted also this article some time ago:
outbackphoto - Lightroom Artistry - Using other Raw Converters as Lightroom Pre-Processor