For some businesses, evaluating, maintaining, and supporting a stand-alone DBMS simply adds cost.

对于某些企业来说，评估、维护和支持单独的DBMS只会增加成本，完全没有积极意义。

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With stand alone games, companies have traded off the cost of development for performance.

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Scotland's capital is on course to have a stand-alone Gaelic school despite an increase in the project's cost.

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In addition, the Acer C7 Chromebook is incredibly affordable as a stand-alone product, and even more affordable when schools consider the reduced total cost of ownership thanks to its manageability and security features.

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