In 1999 Red Hat and VA Linux, both leading developers of Linux-based software, presented Torvalds with stock options in gratitude for his creation.

As a result, percentage of patients receiving primary care at the VA increased from 38 percent to 45 percent to 95 percent, during 1993, 1996, and 1999.

" As compared with the Medicare fee-for-service program, the VA performed significantly better on all 11 similar quality indicators for the period from 1997 through 1999.

In 1999, CQ Executive Conferences was transferred to TheCapitol. Net, a non-partisan firm based in Alexandria, VA. TheCapitol. Net is no longer an affiliate of Congressional Quarterly.

Fairfax, VA: SCS Publications, 1999, pp. 99 – 103.

* Britton, C. 1999: Glissant and Postcolonial Theory ; Strategies of Language and Resistance, Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia

# July 1995-July 1999, Command Chief Master Sergeant, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, VA

In 1999, when VA Linux went public, the firm reaped $ 24. 5 million as the value of the 100, 000 shares that the firm held ballooned in value.

Linux support for AGP enhanced fast data transfers was first added in 1999 with the implementation of the AGPgart kernel module.

* Conectiva Linux Server ( Intel ) 1. 0-April 1999

* Conectiva Linux Server ( Compaq Alpha )-May 1999

* Conectiva Linux 4. 0-July 1999

* Conectiva Linux 4. 2 Server-October 1999

* Hedwig, code name of Red Hat Linux version 6. 0 released April 19, 1999.

From 1997 to 1999 he was involved in 86open helping to choose the standard binary format for Linux and Unix.

Another factor currently increasing mainframe use is the development of the Linux operating system, which arrived on IBM mainframe systems in 1999 and is typically run in scores or hundreds of virtual machines on a single mainframe.

It was not until 1999 that a retail version for Linux was distributed by Macmillan Digital Publishing USA in a bundle with the two add-ons as Quake: The Offering for Linux.

* 6. 0 ( Hedwig ), April 26, 1999 ( Linux 2. 2. 5-15 )

* 6. 1 ( Cartman ), October 4, 1999 ( Linux 2. 2. 12-20 )

In 1999, the XFree86 team joined X. Org as an honorary ( non-paying ) member, encouraged by various hardware companies interested in using XFree86 with Linux and in its status as the most popular version of X.

In 1999, XFree86 was sponsored onto X. Org ( the official industry consortium ) by various hardware companies interested in its use with Linux and its status as the most popular version of X.

It was first presented by the author at the Linux Kongress on May 27, 1997 in Würzburg and was published as part of a book of the same name in 1999.

In December, 1999, a snapshot of the original OS / 2 JFS source was granted to the open source community and work was begun to port JFS to the Linux operating system.

YaST was rewritten in 1999 and included first in SuSE Linux 6. 3 as an installer-only.

After about 1999, when Poplog became available as free, open source, most development work was done on the Linux version, including porting to 64-bit Linux.

In 1999 Wheeler released the book-formatted webpage " Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO ".

In the early 1990s it was ported to Windows and Linux, and since 1999 it has been available as open source software with its runtime library under the LGPL license.

* ( Enoch Linux ) 0. 75, December 1999

* Corel Linux OSOne of the first GUI based distributions of Linux incorporating an automatic installation program in 1999.

Carly Fiorina, initially seen as HP's savior when she was hired as CEO back in 1999, had seen the company's stock price drop to less than half since she assumed the position, and her job was said to be on shakey ground before the merger announcement.

In 1999, the Eagles hired head coach Andy Reid and drafted quarterback Donovan McNabb.

The Polanyi Center was established without much publicity in October 1999, initially consisting of two people – Dembski and a like-minded colleague, Bruce L. Gordon, who were hired directly by Sloan without going through the usual channels of a search committee and departmental consultation.

In 1999, the company hired former assistant attorney general Anne Bingaman, married to Democratic New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman, as a Washington lobbyist, paying her $ 2. 5 million between January and June 1999 to try to block licensing of an AT & T, MCI, and Sprint consortium cable from the U. S. to Japan.

In 1999, the Magic, under General Manager John Gabriel, who was later named Executive of the Year, hired rookie-coach Doc Rivers.

After being swept by the Miami Heat in the 2000 playoffs, Joe Dumars ( who had retired following the 1999 season ) was hired as the team's president of basketball operations.

Bill Straub was hired as the full time bowling coach and has led the team to three more IBC titles in 1997, 1999 and 2001.

To replace the Class 302s, Class 317s were hired from West Anglia Great Northern from 1996 until 1999.

Although the group decided to stop recording together, a completely new line-up were hired to form a " new " Real McCoy in 1999, much like the producers of 2 Unlimited had done a year earlier.

From 1999 onwards he no longer raced full-time, driving just the endurance races as a hired gun.

In 1999, they hired former NFL assistant coach Brian Billick as the head coach, replacing Marchibroda.

; The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus ( 1999 ): The Stainless Steel Rat is hired by a businessman to investigate thefts ; the clues lead the Rat to suspect a roaming circus, which he infiltrates.

As evidence, SPLC cited a 1999 publication by the FRC, Homosexual Activists Work to Normalize Sex With Boys, which claimed: “ one of the primary goals of the homosexual rights movement is to abolish all age of consent laws and to eventually recognize pedophiles as the ‘ prophets ’ of a new sexual order .” The report said FRC senior research fellows Tim Dailey ( hired in 1999 ) and Peter Sprigg ( 2001 ) had both " pushed false accusations linking gay men to pedophilia ".

Leyland was subsequently hired by the Colorado Rockies for the 1999 season, walking away from the final two years of his contract.

She took a degree in Arabic in Paris and Cairo and, after graduation, was hired by the UNHCR in June 1999 for a field assignment in Rwanda.

Its developers were working on Team Fortress 2 as a standalone game, but were later hired by Valve Software and ported the original as a mod for Half-Life called Team Fortress Classic in April 1999.

Downs retired in 1999 and Walters became the solo anchor until 2002 when John Miller was hired to be a permanent co-host of the series.

In 1999, the city hired O ' Leary Partners to manage the district.

Bartlett was hired to head the Financial Services Roundtable in 1999.

In 1999, she was hired by Mission Hockey as head of global marketing for women's hockey.

Justin Leeper and Matthew Kato were hired on in November 1999 as full-time web editors.

The band regularly performed at a local venue entitled the Luna Lounge, until in 1999, they hired New York attorney Ray Maiello to shop their self-produced debut album to major record companies.

The Philadelphia Phillies hired Woodward as general manager in October 1987, and fired him in June 1988, and in July 1988 he became the general manager of the Seattle Mariners, working there until his retirement at the end of 1999.