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>Beta testers are under NDA and are unable to publicly acknowledge that they are beta testers. If Mike had been a beta tester he would be bound by the agreement to not tell you, though he might wish he could.

Official beta testers had NDAs. However, there were many other ways to get a VFP beta. Mike attended Whilfest last fall. All attendees there got a beta copy, so...yes... Mike had one to work with. Was he an official beta tester? I can't say.