Do we really need LibreOffice installed by default?

[Paul W. Frields]

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 08:54:15AM -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 08:27 -0400, Donald Buchan wrote:
> > Beyond the question of "serious and ready for work" impression its
> > inclusion provides
> 
> I'm sympathetic to both sides of this discussion, since it would be easy
> to feature LO in the software center and would save a considerable
> amount of space, but I think the advantages of coming with a
> full-fledged office suite pre-included (at least Writer and Impress, and
> probably also Calc) probably outweigh the downsides. One of the biggest
> reasons users will hesitate to switch from Windows to Fedora is "can it
> run Office?" Well, it comes with an office suite. It's a workstation.

I agree with this FWIW.

> F21 will be a great release either way.

This too! :-)

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