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+# Amsterdam Web Communities System
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+## Why "Amsterdam"?
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+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.
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+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.
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+This new implementation is named "Amsterdam," which was a center of community during the Age of Exploration, in particular, the
+Dutch Golden Age.