What do I need to tell a contractor about DiscountASP's servers before hiring?

[lead2crm]

I'm about to hire a contractor to install open source software that typically runs in a LAMP environment. What are some things I need to tell him about DiscountASP's configuration before hiring to do the job?

[Ramses]

You should probably let them know it's going to be on a Windows hosting environment as there will be differences between the environment they're used to.

Also, we do have a KB article which mentions some of the extensions enabled in our PHP.ini:
http://kb.discountasp.net/KB/a856/extensions-enabled-in-phpini.aspx

Should he have any questions, he's more than welcome to visit here and ask.

[lead2crm]

Specifically, I am hiring someone to install SugarCRM on my discountasp.net instance. Some contractors bidding on the project think that this hosting company might be a hang up, but I see this discountasp.net customer has successfully installed the CRM:

http://community.discountasp.net/showthread.php?t=11584&highlight=crm

Are there any tips or help I can give the bidders?

[mjp]

Other than what Jose already said, not really.

The differences between deploying a php app on *nix and Windows have decreased quite a bit over the past few years, but there are still differences. Only someone who has already dealt with Sugar could give you any specifics.