I would like offer the opposite suggestion as Brian Wall, which is to find places where functionality is MISSING or BROKEN in the work place and your work flow, and provide a FOSS solution for it. That will open doors quicker than trying to replace something that your management views as "working". Case in point, my first real use for Linux was to replace a buggy Checkpoint firewall (from the late 90's). Once I managed to do that, another project rolled in to host the company website on Apache. That was followed by setting up a VPN between sites using our firewall. That in turn was followed by... You get the picture. When you find a problem that is unsolveable or too expensive to fix in the proprietary software world, propose FOSS. Once they get used to having it around, it'll be easier to convince them to use it to replace WORKING proprietary solutions. This is the big hurdle you must jump. One thing you must not do is get blinded by the idea that FOSS is the only solution. If you don't view things pragmatically from a business perspective or your managers' POV's, you're not going to get anywhere. "When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail," just doesn't work. Chad