Just my two cents:

BurrMan has been around a long time and helped a lot of people, including me. He definitely doesn't mean anything by it. I can see how it would get interpreted that way though. If you hang around this forum, I think you will like it. Give it a try before quitting.

As for Rhino vs MoI. I think you will find Rhino to be very frustrating. It constantly messes stuff up. There has been tons of bugs and imagine there still are. I think you'll find MoI just works better in all regards. Granted Rhino has more 'features' and plug-ins. If the features are full of bugs, they do little good. I do wish MoI had the plug-in community though.

Anthony