[OxO4]

Why would you want a carpet that is hard to clean and looks ugly in most cases?

[rayiner]

Carpet both absorbs ambient noise and muffles the sound of people walking. It's also more comfortable to walk and stand on: http://www.livestrong.com/article/351733-tips-on-standing-wa....

Polished concrete is beautiful and striking, of course, and at some point software development became a creative profession rather than an engineering one, and we stopped mocking people who put form over function.