CHAPTER 1Introduction to Oracle Wait Interface
Speed is the word that defines the twenty-first century. The previous century’s saying, “He who dies with the most toys wins” is now “He who dies with the most high-speed toys wins.” We want speed in everything we do, be it in our personal lives or the business we conduct. You name it—fast cars, fast computers, fast lanes, fast Internet connections, fast weight loss, fast cures, fast food, and so on.
Businesses compete with one another to be the first to introduce new products to the marketplace. The speed-to-market demand overrides the conventional process of software engineering that used to include such concepts as application analysis, design, code development, test, and implementation. Nowadays, ...
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