Microsoft’s contention was that while the open source software was free to acquire, things like support and maintenance ended up costing more in the long run.

微软的意图是说尽管开源软件是可以免费获取的，但像支持维护之类的东西最终随着时间推移而令成本更高。

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Also, this helps smooth out bus contention issues — when the bus is full, the program can process the extra buffers rather than wait for the bus to free up.

另外，这有助于缓解总线冲突问题——当总线繁忙时，程序可以处理额外的缓冲区，而不是等待总线空闲下来。

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Using this option reduces the amount of page contention by introducing free space in the table, and hence reducing the number of rows on a single page.

通过使用该选项，可以在表中引入空闲空间，以减少页面争用，从而减少单页上的行数。

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