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I think the only hope for Windows universal apps is to backport them to Windows 7 and 8. It seems Microsoft's plan was to use the free switch to Windows 10 from

I think the only hope for Windows universal apps is to backport them to Windows 7 and 8. It seems Microsoft's plan was to use the free switch to Windows 10 from these to get enough market share that developers wouldn't mind moving to universal, but that hasn't happened; unless you want to target only ~10% of Windows desktops you're going to need to choose a different platform.

tonyedgecombe 11y ago
Businesses always drag their feet over upgrades, I had a customer ask for Windows 2000 support a couple of weeks ago.
- nikanj 11y ago
  One of our large customers is in the final stages of upgrading. From XP to 7. Microsoft has traditionally been invincible in the enterprise, but none of their cool new toys work with the Windows versions actually used there.