AIR Runtime documentation

I'm currently investigating the possibilities of Adobe AIR. I
built a prototype, and i'm very enthousiast. But i would like some
documentation about the runtime itself, to have a better
understanding in the possibilities, strengths and weaknesses.
Information like it's architecture, what it contains, etc. I heard
about Webkit, Tamarin and flash 9, but i would like some detailed
and, most of all, reliable information.
Is this kind of information somewhere available?
thanks in advance

Hi jecede,
There's lots of documentation at
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/
It might help if you had more specific questions.
-Erica

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