I never really understood the importance of portability until I got this job I work in the business applications group in the IT department in a non-it multina

I never really understood the importance of portability until I got this job I work in the business applications group in the IT department in a non-it multinational company I don't have a say, or least not much of it, on waht OS or DB engine, we can use, there is a different IT infrastructure team that deals with this, and honesly this is a relief, I dont have to worry about backups and stuff like this. I try to be a an open source proponent, and try to introduce or slip in OOS application. But if that application won't work on windows, SqlServer and IIS. I will never be able to make the case for it and push it. Maybe after I successfully introduce few OOS business apps and Dev framework, I can start to make a call for a linux server, but not before.