Best ways to sell management on the benefits of Open Source Software?

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Published on 2011-02-02T16:11:03Z Indexed on 2011/02/02 23:33 UTC
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I have worked in a few places where the use of Open Source Software in products they produce is strictly forbidden for various reasons, such as:

no formal support
lack of trust in something perceived as "just downloaded from the internet"
How can it be professional if it's not supported, we don't pay for it etc etc

I'm looking for the best ways to convince/prove to management that things won't fall apart should we use these tools.

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