At least three months notice must be given to customers following any decision to end the guarantee, and fixed term accounts will retain the guarantee for the term of the product.

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That is a popular way to balance the budget in the short term and guarantee a fiscal crisis in the long term.

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As Sun's size lends legitimacy and the guarantee of long-term service to MySQL, the acquisition will likely convince more and larger enterprises to sign on to MySQL's cut-rate database systems, Yuhanna says.

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