My company wants to move to open source to reduce costs. IP based software = High level management get involved and balance against other costs. FOSS software

My company wants to move to open source to reduce costs. IP based software = High level management get involved and balance against other costs. FOSS software = Engineer tells management there will be no cost, so management goes out and spends on other things. A single site where a company can go to contract a maintainer for a single peice of work or consulting may be a good start....