# Amsterdam Web Communities System

Amsterdam is a system allowing for the hosting of multiple virtual communities, each with services such as conferencing.  A user on
an Amsterdam site may join multiple virtual communities on that site.

## 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 ancient 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.