Strategically interesting because, up to now, the Dalvik bytecode runtime and the subsequent pre-compiling ART runtimes were the best way to do ISA-independent

Strategically interesting because, up to now, the Dalvik bytecode runtime and the subsequent pre-compiling ART runtimes were the best way to do ISA-independent application environments. Apple's fat binaries got in early enough in their (smaller) developer community for Apple to avoid being tied to an ISA. Microsoft was handcuffed to an x86 legacy boat anchor. But now they have escaped, and those other approaches are less of an advantage.