> carpet is usually banned from computer rooms because it encourages lint > and dust, which clogs fans and chassis and air filters. most data > centers do NOT want the janitors in there doing weekly vacuuming and > banging into the servers!! This was a mainframe shop and we were the fishes swimming around behind the picture window. After you've spent £4 million on a computer you want to show it off..... and we did the cleaning, not a cleaner in sight