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Being a German, I can hardly imagine security being the reason - I rather think it's bureaucracy and/or a complete misunderstanding of how computers work. Publ
by perlgeek 15y ago
Being a German, I can hardly imagine security being the reason - I rather think it's bureaucracy and/or a complete misunderstanding of how computers work.
Public services either close much earlier, or are 24/7.
- eli 15y agoOh, I very much doubt that. If anything, I'd wager it's a purely technical/process decision. I bet there's some ancient mainframe deep behind that API that runs batch jobs and reports overnight.
- dangrover 15y agoThe online course registration system at my school was like this. Web frontend that recorded transactions and dumped them to the mainframe at night.
- alastairpat 15y agoThe whole student management system at my uni (which was implemented at the start of this year) is like this too, down between 2am and 4am to 'synchronise the timetabling system'. I think it's to do with the massive Oracle backend, but I don't really understand the need.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoOh, yours was only down for two hours? Ours was only available from 8am to 8pm. Not the greatest option for a night owl like myself.
- hermanthegerman 15y agoI doubt that, and there is also a EU interface to VAT ID confirmation that is 24/7.
- rb2k_ 15y agoMy guess would be that they run backups over night