Rice-y or not, they are much easyer to handle...ignition systems are stupid things. Only thing they do is to fire a plug at certain moment.
Aftermarket direct-fire ignition doesn't need dizzy and lets you program ignition curves as you whish.
It will probably cost you as much as original equipment but with enhanced functionality.
I recomend using SDS or Haltech fuel-and-ignition ECU, you don't need to use fuel-drivers (yet). Those systems are using so called "direct fire" ignition which means that every cylinder uses it's own coil which gives strong arc.
You can use dual coils to lower amount of coils used.
Who cares if it's rice or not...it's 21'th century for god's sake... :-)
Info:
http://www.sdsefi.com