By the numbers: The SCO effect

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May 14, 20041 min

The SCO Group may not sell Linux anymore, but the open source OS still plays an important role in the company's legal wrangling

$16.6 million — amount of money SCO made from a 2003 Unix licensing deal with Microsoft

$86 million — amount of money Microsoft may have helped channel into SCO, according to a leaked memo from SCO consultant Michael Anderer

$9 million — value of cash and stock fees SCO revealed it paid law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner in December SEC filings

1,500 — number of letters SCO has sent to Linux users warning them of potential intellectual property violations in Linux

6 — number of companies offering Linux indemnification policies since the SCO suit began

$20,000 — amount of money SCO’s SCOsource program raised in its most recent quarter

5 — number of companies involved in lawsuits with SCO over its intellectual property claims

16 percent — Linux server market share in 2003, as reported by IDC

30 percent — Linux server market share IDC predicts for 2008