Turrican:
The more I think about it, the more I believe that the timing for this was not a coincidence. After years of silence, Amiga Inc talks now in a public forum all this previously private information (legal issues with Hyperion, OS5 in development since 2004, etc).
According to this:
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46657Wayne initiated the contact. Not Bill McEwen.
