# Amsterdam Web Communities System

## Why "Amsterdam"?

The first implementation of this concept was in Durand Communications' CommunityWare software, which was code-named "Rome" when it
was in development. Rome was a center of community in the andient world.

The second implementation was the Java code I wrote to rescue Electric Minds; I named it "Venice," which was a center of community
during the Renaissance.

This new implementation is named "Amsterdam," which was a center of community during the Age of Exploration, in particular, the
Dutch Golden Age.
