atw: Re: atw:Acronyms Master tool

I thought this was a little unfriendly--perhaps, like many people, he has a separate throwaway e-mail address for use with mailing lists. Perhaps English is not his first language--you don't need to be a tech writer to write useful software.
Then, when I looked at the site, it did seem odd that the three testimonials from happy users are all in the same stilted English. I particularly liked the write-up from "Jane", who describes herself as "a technical writher". I'm sure we've all felt the same way.
It also seems odd that a free tool is being promoted quite aggressively. There's a classified ad on the techwr-l site, and Google returns dozens of hits with the same wording ("Acronyms Master Creates Acronims Table in your document. A unique SW tool.")
It's hard to know whether this is a genuine contribution to the community, in which case sorry Alex, or a Trojan Horse that will disgorge all sorts of horrendous spyware on your PC the first time you run it. I'm erring on the side of caution. 

Stuart

The very suspicious "Brian A Clarke" said:
> If this is such a wonderful tool, how come you only have
> a yahoo email address?
> What are you hiding?
> What is the pedigree behind this alleged software? I've never
> heard of it - and the very poor English makes me suspicious.
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