[jaybo_nomad]

"I suppose the Xamarin guys need to eat but it's kind of disappointing they are not directly targeting iOS and Android".

Exactly! Clue #1: full Android emulator/debugger built into VS2015. Clue #2: Rosylyn and .NET native. Clue #3: Carving up .NET core into separate chunks for smaller deployments.

Maybe Xamarin was just a beta test for the real thing?