Trying to convince management that Open Source is a good thing

Sorry about this not being CakePHP specific, but rather something being tangentially related to CakePHP.  However, in my organization, there is a serious issue with convincing management that Open Source is a good idea.  As a result we are stuck with using Windows servers and _forced_ to use MSSQL.

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Microsoft (I run Mac, Windows and Linux at home) or want to start a flamewar of some sort.  However, I would like to know of some BUSINESS REASONS that I can use to sell to management that this is not only a good idea, but head and shoulders above our present way of going.

My reason for doing this is because it's so much easier to get updates, fixes and improvements than with a close source approach.  Management is worried about support.  I don't really care, I can admin my own box just fine.  They want an approach that will cover their rear ends in case something bad happens (i.e. someone will come on-site and fix it for them).  Is there consultant group that provides support and other such services in the Rhode Island area that we could tap into?  I'd keep Windows around, but since we do most of our development on the web, it's kind of pointless to care too much what OS you're running.

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