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I think I'll take my leave from this thread anyway, because all I've seen is a bunch of confused beginners to 3D arguing about XSI for no rational reason, or trying to pick on me for speaking positively about it. Next time I won't bother to say anything at all, which I'm sure will please you to no end.
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You should learn a bit of ABCs when joining forums. When I join a forum whether 3d, 2d, etc., my main purpose is not to sing hosannas and praises to the app as if it's God. I join to help (in my own little way) make the application better, point out obvious inconsistencies and suggest things like, as an example, adding an extra snapping feature as midway between two points in AutoCAD; dockable palettes and toolbars in Photoshop and Illustrator as well as more context-sensitivity just like CorelDraw's property bar. I have also suggested snapping options in the earliest versions of CorelDraw. It's only in version 12 that full snapping options were finally realized. These are just some tiny examples of the larger picture.
Point is, if I were in your shoes I'd probably devise a way to make it easy for beginners. For example, I read that XSI is highly customizable. If that is the case, then I'd probably suggest that the default should contain only the minimum feature or barest essentials to prevent the noob from being overwhelmed by the amount of information. The customized UI will not contain NURBS, CURVES, METABALLS, etc. It would only contain features on subdivision modeling. Bear in mind that subd modeling is the norm. Modo, Hex and Silo are all subd apps. They have no NURBS features. Something like that...
You sound like an unpaid XSI salesman.
