Bloatware AmigaOS?

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Reading through some of the comments in the OS X Leopard thread decrying OS X as bloatware got me thinking.

Is AmigaOS really mean and lean because of its design philosophy or is it more to do with its situation?

If you think about it, could it be that AmigaOS is so lean because it was never given the resources by Commodore and has been left to rot ever since?  

Back in the early 90's AmigaOS was, size-wise, on a par with MacOS.  Could it be that had development continued with a decent amount of resources that AmigaOS would be as fully featured and as large as modern OSes?

Perhaps, the "efficiency" crown jewel of the community in nothing more than a symptom of undernourishment and wasted potential.

Discuss.

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I thought I'd sit back and see what people's opinions where on the matter.  There are a couple of interesting thoughts in here, but it seems that more people either completely missed the point or are still hung up on the same old arguments from 1996.

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HenryCase wrote:

That's because there was nothing to discuss.

Really? Perhaps you'd like to explain that further?

Could AmigaOS have become the most bloated OS of all time? Yes. Was the size of the OS limited by the storage options? Yes. Does that answer your original questions?

No.  Because those were not questions I was asking.  Did you read the original post?

It's more interesting to debate how AmigaOS compares with more modern OS's, especially considering the role of the OS has stayed constant.

How is that more interesting?  It's so {bleep}ing tedious reading through the same antiquated arguments over an over again.

I give up.  :-(

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@HenryCase

Don't mind me, I'm just being a grumpy sod today.