You make it sound like "papering over issues in backward OSes" is a bad thing. The fact is, those "backward OSes" have a HUGE user base, no matter how much you

You make it sound like "papering over issues in backward OSes" is a bad thing. The fact is, those "backward OSes" have a HUGE user base, no matter how much you may judge them for being inferior. There is clearly demand for a tool that: 1. Allows developers to distribute their stuff to users on those OSes. 2. Requires the least amount of effort as possible on part of the developer. 3. Does not require the developer to custom-package their stuff multiple times, once for each OS. Face it, developers are lazy (not meant in a derogatory way). Most solutions do not meet requirements 2 and 3, which is why developers will largely choose to avoid them until they have no choice. And also, what matthewmacleod said in this thread is very true.