Typically, if you buy a studio with a library, their library is pretty well licensed out many years in advance, so you are not really gaining access to the programming in that way.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A lot of times you have to dip into the independent world to find the really great projects and the really great scripts. They're out there - you just have to search hard.
I hate studios. A studio is a black hole. I never use a studio to work. It's very artificial to go to a studio to get new ideas. You have to get new ideas from life, not from the studio. Then you go to the studio to realize the idea.
Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.
I've been involved with some huge studio projects that have been bloody awesome. It all starts with a great script, doesn't it?
Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it.
The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
We never had a giant library or owned a lot of commercial characters the way most studios did. And since we didn't have a lot of internal resources, we had to find ways to be inventive and resourceful, which I think is a healthy way to run a good business.
In addition to that, Mono has produced a very large set of extra libraries.
The studio is really fun because I don't make it into the studio unless I've got something I really like. I love working with different musicians in the studio; that's a real joy, working with someone for the first time.
You get the software you pay for. In every sense. To the nth degree. That's the way the world works.