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

In 1999, developers wanting a free software version to be available went back to the older 1. 2. 12 release of the original SSH program, which was the last released under an open source license.

After 1999, Sierra almost entirely ceased to be a developer of games and, as time went on, instead became a publisher of games by independent developers.

According to a 1999 Lake Villa and Lindenhurst Review article, Village Administrator James Stevens said Lindenhurst “ has been able to keep the small town flavor, in large part, through selective land annexation, and by carefully choosing developers for high quality but diversified housing types, including single family, town homes and condominiums.

In 1999, nCUBE announced it was acquiring a seven year old Louisville, Colorado software company SkyConnect, Inc., developers of digital advertising and VOD software for cable television and partner in their Burj Al-Arab hotel deployment.

In 1999 the company acquired the Norwegian technology company Internet Technology AS which had developers experienced with the ITU H. 323 standard, especially from VoIP-projects like the world's first commercial H. 323 VoIP service launched in 1997 with Telenor.

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.

A public art programme started in 1999 from the marina development, as part of a planning agreement between the developers ( Crest Nicholson and Persimmon Homes ) and North Somerset Council.

The game was co-developed by Triumph Studios and Epic Games, Dutch and American game developers respectively, and published by Gathering of Developers in 1999.

With the popularity of EverQuest in 1999, primarily consisting of PvE elements ( with the exception of limited PvP on one specific server ), PvP became a negative for some newer / casual MMORPG players and developers looking to draw a larger crowd.

Oxford United's old home, the Manor Ground in Headington, was sold by Kassam, first to his own holding company for £ 6 million, and then to developers for £ 12 million in 1999.

The unixODBC project was first started in the early months of 1999 ( by Peter Harvey ) and was created as at that time the developers of iODBC ( another open source ODBC implementation ) were not then willing to LGPL the code, expand the API to include the current ODBC 3 API specification, and did not consider the addition of GUI based configuration tools worthwhile.

After winning the contest twice in 1998 and 1999 with his program called Albert One, he began collaborating with other software developers in a variety of conversational systems.

The client was originally written by AOL, but AOL abandoned the project around 1999, along with its other TOC clients, TiK and TAC, but since then independent developers have continued to add features and make new releases.

The term seems to have been created independently by both the developers of OpenBSD and the marketing team of Sun ; these usages both first happened in 1999.

OpenBSD's apparent first use of the term referred to a cryptographic development event held in Calgary on June 4, 1999, where 10 developers came together to avoid legal problems caused by export regulations of cryptographic software from the United States.

The developers began demolition of an antiques alley and other older buildings on Third Street behind CBS Television City, and broke ground for the new mall in 1999.

In 1999, VA Linux hired four developers, including Tim Perdue, to develop the SourceForge. net service to encourage Open Source development and support the Open Source developer community.

On February 10, 1999, the game was declared freeware by the developers.

A pre-release version was made available to developers in 1999 in an Internet Draft, however the production version differed from the published version in a few subtle ways.

Gailey led the team to two playoff appearances with a 10 – 6 record in 1998 and an NFC East championship, but the Cowboys were defeated in the playoffs by the Arizona Cardinals 20-7 ; after an 8 – 8 season in 1999 ( during which Irvin suffered a career-ending spinal injury in a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles ) ending in another playoff loss ( this time to the Minnesota Vikings 27-10 ), he was fired and became the first Cowboys coach who did not take the team to a Super Bowl.

The stadium served as the site of Super Bowl XXXIX in addition to three Jaguar playoff games including the 1999 AFC Championship Game.

He led the Dolphins to five division titles, 10 playoff appearances, and Super Bowl XIX before retiring following the 1999 season.

No team had ever had such a poor record in the prior year ( 3 – 13 ) and then gone on to a league or conference championship game since the 1999 St. Louis Rams who advanced to win their first Super Bowl after being 4 – 12 the season before.

The Other Two released its first single " Tasty Fish " in 1991 and released two albums, The Other Two & You in 1993 and Super Highways 1999.

Two more ABC-aired Super Bowls would occur during major anniversary seasons for MNF-Super Bowl XXIX ( also won by the 49ers ) closed out the 25th anniversary season ( 1994 ), and Super Bowl XXXIV ( won by the St. Louis Rams, bitter rivals of the 49ers ) closed out the 30th anniversary season ( 1999 ).

This would also be the last Super Bowl aired on ABC until the 1999 season ( when Al Michaels called the game with Boomer Esiason ).

Super Bowl XXXIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion St. Louis Rams and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Tennessee Titans to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1999 season.

They proceeded to shock the NFL in 1999 with an NFC-best 13 – 3 regular season record, and outscored their opponents 526-242, the highest scoring margin ( 284 ) of any Super Bowl Champion in NFL history.

Timmerman, acquired by the Rams in 1999, had previously won Super Bowl XXXI with the Green Bay Packers.

After their Super Bowl-winning 1999 season, the Rams offense again dominated the league in 2000, leading the NFL in passing, scoring, and total yards.

In 1999, Nintendo released the first game in the Super Smash Bros. series, which allowed match-ups such as Pikachu versus Mario.

** Dragon Ball Z (" Transformed at Last ," October 18, 1999 ): Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan for the first time in the United States ; aired on Toonami, a now-defunct block on Cartoon Network.

** Three Super Sentai series — Choujin Sentai Jetman ( 1991 – 1992 ), Chōriki Sentai Ohranger ( 1995 – 1996 ), and Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-V ( 1999 – 2000 ) — take place in 1999.

Before the start of the new 1999 – 2000 season, Ajax were beaten in their own stadium when Feyenoord won their second Dutch Super Cup title, after a free kick by Patrick Paauwe, which secured a 3 – 2 win.

* Super Tourenwagen Cup ( STW ) ran from 1994 through 1999.

TOSE ported both titles from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System ; each had been previously released as individual Japanese PlayStation ports in 1997 ( Final Fantasy IV ) and 1999 ( Chrono Trigger ).

In chronological order others include: " I've Been Everywhere " by Hank Snow ( 1962 ) ( album of the same title ) and Johnny Cash ( 1996 ) Unchained reworked from the original 1959 Geoff Mack Australian-place-names version made popular by the singer Lucky Starr ; " Down on the Corner " ( 1969 ) by Creedence Clearwater Revival on their fourth studio album, Willy and the Poor Boys covered by a dozen other groups ; " Kalamazoo " ( 1995 ) by Luna on Penthouse ; " Cold Rock a Party " ( 1997 ) by MC Lyte on Bad As I Wanna B ; " Kalamazoo " a song by the rock trio Primus on the 1997 Brown Album ; " Top of the World " by Rascalz ( 1999 ) on Global Warning ; " Kalamazoo ", a song by Ben Folds Five on the 2004 EP Super D ; " 65 Miles from Kalamazoo " ( 2008 ) by R. J. Miller ( a lament for a lost Gibson guitar and a metaphor about " an old girlfriend from Kalamazoo "); and " Kalamazoo " ( 2009 ) by Mike Craver on his album Shining Down.

Super Audio CD ( SACD ) is a read-only optical disc for audio storage, introduced in 1999.

The recorded samples have since been constituting the official voice for Yoshi, making a second appearance in the 1999 title Super Smash Bros., to further be recycled in succeeding games that Yoshi appeared in.

In May 1999, Super Mario 64 2 was reported to be released in late 1999 ; however, the game was canceled due to the failure of the 64DD, as well as lack of progress in the game's development.

* Meitetsu 1600 series ( Japan, 1999 ), branded Panorama Super.