On 08 Jul 2018, "R.Wieser" wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-10:

Nil,

It's the old "Why Don't You -- Yes But..." game in
Transactional Analysis.
...
The goal is not to actually solve any problem.

Possibly, but I do not really want to make such an assumption.

It's my assumption, but it's certainly not the only explanation.

You see, it can be as easily be either what many projects
(commercial or not) succumb to - because of the "I'm making stuff
up as I go" client - and/or, likely in Arlens case, the "on a need
to know basis" one, (he only tells you when he thinks you should
know) thinking that that will protect his idea against being
stolen.

That either of those above waste massive ammounts of effort (at
each change) on the side of the ones who try to understand (and
create) what the end-result should be does not even cross their
minds ... Logically, as its not *their* effort that gets wasted.
:-(

I watched that happen where I worked in the '90s. They spent hundreds
of thousands of dollars on a software project that they never defined
well in the first place. Later on the goalposts kept moving and there
were countless delays and dead ends, and in the end we wound up with a
broken, useless piece of junk.

I also think that Arlen is most likely (still) a novice, with
aspirations *way* outof his league. But than again, we all went
thru that phase (for shorter or longer times). :-(

But not usually so publicly and with so much hubris.