PCB Design Tools: A study by electronicnet.de.

[Gerhart H.]

There is a study of a wide range of PCB design software going on in the
editorial office of electronicnet.de, the editors of 5 leading
electronics magazines in Germany.

See:
http://www.elektroniknet.de/index.php?id=2715&tx_jppageteaser_pi1[backId]=107

The study will be published within a couple of months - presumbably
however in Germany language only.

JFYI

Gerhart H.

 

[JeffM]

Gerhart H. wrote:

There is a study of a wide range of PCB design software
going on in the editorial office of electronicnet.de,
the editors of 5 leading electronics magazines in Germany.
See:
http://www.elektroniknet.de/index.php?id=2715&tx_jppageteaser_pi1[backId]=107

I hope thay put in a lot more effort than is currently in evidence.

They could start by cleaning up their HTML:
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.elektroniknet.de/index.php?id=2715&tx_jppageteaser_pi1[backId]=107
Failed validation, 64 errors

The study will be published within a couple of months
- presumbably however in Germany language only.

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.elektroniknet.de/index.php?id=2715%26tx_jppageteaser_pi1%5BbackId%5D=107&langpair=de%7Cen

I'm not greatly impressed so far.
Things that jump right out at me:
EAGLE is available for the Mac--and has been for a long time.
gEDA and KiCAD aren't listed.
There is no mention that ExpressPCB is lock-in-ware.