I think Jim Collas actually fought for reviving Amiga. That's the way I remember it, anyway.
That's different to how I remember it... I remember they wanted to turn AmigaOS into a rebadged version of QNX, but later changed their minds, and decided it would be a Linux distro instead.
Doesn't Linux already run the AmigaOne? Imagine the scene - he could return and proclaim the 'new' 'Amiga' immediately... oh, he'd be a hero.