distributor

Personally I like to eliminate the ballast all together. I've had them fail, as well as the orange and chrome boxes.
I recently read a article where a guy eliminated both the ballast resistor and factory ecu. He triggered the system with a G.M. 4 tab module. Can this be done and what benefits would it provide? He said that he unplugged the ballast resistor and connected those wires together. Has anyone else done this modification?