function initialize(items) {
					var type, constructor;

					// if we ran out of runtimes
					if (!items.length) {
						comp.trigger('RuntimeError', new x.RuntimeError(x.RuntimeError.NOT_INIT_ERR));
						runtime = null;
						return;
					}

					type = items.shift().toLowerCase();
					constructor = Runtime.getConstructor(type);
					if (!constructor) {
						if (MXI_DEBUG && Env.debug.runtime) {
							Env.log("Constructor for '%s' runtime is not available.", type);
						}
						initialize(items);
						return;
					}

					if (MXI_DEBUG && Env.debug.runtime) {
						Env.log("Trying runtime: %s", type);
						Env.log(options);
					}

					// try initializing the runtime
					runtime = new constructor(options);

					runtime.bind('Init', function() {
						// mark runtime as initialized
						runtime.initialized = true;

						if (MXI_DEBUG && Env.debug.runtime) {
							Env.log("Runtime '%s' initialized", runtime.type);
						}

						// jailbreak ...
						setTimeout(function() {
							runtime.clients++;
							// this will be triggered on component
							comp.trigger('RuntimeInit', runtime);
						}, 1);
					});

					runtime.bind('Error', function() {
						if (MXI_DEBUG && Env.debug.runtime) {
							Env.log("Runtime '%s' failed to initialize", runtime.type);
						}

						runtime.destroy(); // runtime cannot destroy itself from inside at a right moment, thus we do it here
						initialize(items);
					});

					runtime.bind('Exception', function(e, err) {
						var message = err.name + "(#" + err.code + ")" + (err.message ? ", from: " + err.message : '');
						
						if (MXI_DEBUG && Env.debug.runtime) {
							Env.log("Runtime '%s' has thrown an exception: %s", this.type, message);
						}
						comp.trigger('RuntimeError', new x.RuntimeError(x.RuntimeError.EXCEPTION_ERR, message));
					});

					if (MXI_DEBUG && Env.debug.runtime) {
						Env.log("\tselected mode: %s", runtime.mode);	
					}

					// check if runtime managed to pick-up operational mode
					if (!runtime.mode) {
						runtime.trigger('Error');
						return;
					}

					runtime.init();
				}
Connects to the runtime specified by the options. Will either connect to existing runtime or create a new one.
			Increments number of clients connected to the specified runtime.

			@private
			@method connectRuntime
			@param {Mixed} options Can be a runtme uid or a set of key-value pairs defining requirements and pre-requisites