Citation needed on that percentage. :) I think a large number of people
- don't need an office suite at all
- need Microsoft Office for compatibility or work-mandated reasons
- use Google Docs or another online service
Since LibreOffice is relatively large, I can see a reasonable argument for leaving it out if it lets us put more shiny things into the LiveCD.
Maybe I just don't get that "the cloud" doesn't always refer to "cumulonimbus" ...
0) Since I'm being literal here, what *are* the numbers? How about the install stats of LibreOffice resulting from the net install disks? Are there any stats on the absence of LO yum updates on installs known to have previously having had LO installed? 1) ??? -- although I also had this response when I once sent out a birthday party invitation in .pps converted from the native (then) openoffice.org format and people said "I don't use an office suite at home, I use it at the office; at home I want to relax" 2) I'd say Sun and now the Document Foundation have been successful; while my work computer, supplied by my employer, has MS on it, for a sideline job I do work all the time in LO and no one knows except that I happened to have mentioned it once (and yes they all use MS Office) ... 3) I used google docs once at someone's behest so that we could mutually plan a weekend, and guess who didn't bother to use it (here's a hint, I've already said I used it on that one occasion ...)
I'm in the camp of "install it properly off the DVD", but I know that there are tech issues preventing it on F18. I have been wanting OO.o / LO on the live CD since at least 2010 ( http://www.malak.ca/blog/?p=227 ) but of course as a grateful user I will not push this point. :)