Hello,
>> 2. Does it require a unix operating system?  Linux?  Is there any way
>> to run it on Windows?
>
> I don't know much about Moses on Windows. It seems some people have
> tried it and it works to some extend, however I don't know whether
> "some" is closer to 100% or to 0%. Google for "cygwin" and "moses".

I'd say it's something like 80% because of the inherent weakness of 
Windows to support a large swap file and use all the available memory (I 
haven't tried the 64bit version, so I cannot tell) - I ended up creating 
5 different swap files of the maximum size and using strange hacks to 
make more memory available (like using an obscure program from VC++ to 
change some bits in the exe file header).

> I'd recommend to use a Linux system if you have that option. Typically
> you'll run into all kinds of small and big problems. With Linux you are
> at least on the beaten path, whereas with Windows you'll always wonder
> if that problem is because of Windows or because of Moses. You'll spend
> just much more time on figuring things out, and there are few to none
> people who can help you.

I must second that: if you really need to use Windows, you can simply 
install it on your dedicated machine using VirtualBox and it will run 
happily. Making it a main OS on the training machine is not the best idea.

Regards
  Marcin
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