Pulsonix or Easy-PC ? with possible path to PADS

Hi,

I'm setting up some electronics capability at my new job, and wouldn't
mind avoiding the hefty price tags associated with OrCad and PADS, esp
as we don't look to be doing much board development. The work will be
mostly low-frequency analog, and I don't anticipate ever needing an
auto-router.

I've read favorable comments about both Easy-PC and Pulsonix here, and
am looking forward to using one of them. It would appear that Easy-PC
is a bargain, and that Pulsonix is priced in between Easy-PC and
OrCad+PADS.

Q.1. Any recommendations about the strengths of one over the other ?

One concern I have is that sometime in the future I may want to ship a
schematic out for someone else to lay out, and that would probably be
in PADS. Pulsonix explicitly supports a variety of netlist formats
incl PADS, so that's no problem. Easy-PC has native and generic
netlist formats. The generic looks easy to read, but that doesn't mean
PADS will read it ! I'm not too keen on writing my own translation
program, simple though it may be.

Q.2. Has anyone been down this road reading Easy-PC netlist into PADS
PowerPCB ?

Thanks for your help,
-rajeev-