<p>Anders UP gave a good answer in a comment to the question.  The concern behind the question is that answers involving a product someone is closely connected with <em>could</em> be less than objective.  That's a legitimate concern, so moderators and engaged users do our best to identify such connections and reveal them to the community.  When the answerer discloses their connection to any product or service used or recommended in their answer, all readers have the information they need to make their own judgments about possible conflicts of interest. That should lay the concern to rest.</p>

<p>If we were to prevent everyone who has ever released software or patented a method or written a book from writing about it or using it, we wouldn't have any experts left to share their knowledge and insights.  I wish we had more Tom Reillys making such contributions.</p>
