[Lazarus] Why does a project have to be open?

[Anders E. Andersen]

I guess this is personal preference, but I find it annoying that Lazarus 
insists that a project must be open at all times.

Lazarus starts up with a new project and if you try to close it, you are 
immidately prompted to make another or open a project. Why can't I just 
have lazarus sit there and wait for me to tell it what to do? Why does 
it have to open a window forcing me to create or open a project?

I don't like this.

Anders