I find these comments amusing in the light of all the agile discussions I read. None of this sounds terribly agile, having to specify everything up front... yet

I find these comments amusing in the light of all the agile discussions I read. None of this sounds terribly agile, having to specify everything up front... yet the truth is a lot of people are not competent enough to handle iterative development form either side. I wish more people would explore how agile works with people who can't code without detailed instructions and managers who don't understand how to do anything else.