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What is the best SNMP implementation for Python?

I'm doing some GUI prototyping with Python for an SNMP application. Looking around there seem to be a number of python libraries I could use. As I'm prototyping I value a nice clean easy API over speed and preferably a commonly packaged library. Obviously the package should be open source. So far I've been looking PySNMP, Twisted-Snmp, p...

best analogy to explain free software floss to non geeks

How do you explain free libre open source software to a computer illiterate guy? Two well known analogies I've often heard are: free software as a meal recipe, a set of instructions for you to inspect, learn, put into practice, and improve... versus a canned meal that you can only swallow without even knowing what you're eating... and...