title: Has anyone ever successfully compiled Vowpal Wabbit on a Windows 7 machine?
body: <p>I am trying to compile Vowpal Wabbit on a Windows 7 machine and after trying Netbeans, Cygwin, and MinGW I'm starting to wonder if I'm trying something that's even feasible.</p>
  
  <p>Each of the above has required <em>*</em>*.h files that aren't designed for windows such as sys/socket.h.</p>
  
  <p>Anyone that has actually done this, I would appreciate any suggestions.</p>