What are the main PCB programs now? And which are dying off

gigahertz said:

There has been a lot of consolidation and some products disappeared, so as of May 2010, what are the main professional grade programs available?

In no particular order, here is what seems to be the most current list:

1. Mentor Graphics PADS
2. Mentor Graphics Expedition
3. Cadence Allegro
4. Altium
5. Zuken CR5000

And here is a list of who seems to be dying off:

1. Intercept
2. Pulsonix
3. Zuken Cadstar
4. Orcad
5. Mentor Graphics Board Station

Added after 2 minutes:

sorry, forgot to add this: others please share your opinions

not debating which is better or worse; just a list of those that seem to be gaining share and those losing share

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electronicsbasecom said:

Probably there are no open source (free) solution, am i right?

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gigahertz said:

And here is a list of who seems to be dying off:

1. Intercept
2. Pulsonix
3. Zuken Cadstar
4. Orcad
5. Mentor Graphics Board Station

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