Dang it, as of this morning Apple pulled the java 6.02 download off their dev page. Java 6 is shipping with Leopard and is necessary for installing and running WeBot and many people have been using this addition to their current OS to enjoy WeBot. Good for them but not so good for people who don't have the Leopard beta or will not choose to upgrade to Leopard when its released.. This is a crying shame, and makes WeBot unavailable for our Mac temporarily.
There is nothing we can do about this, unfortunately, but we'll try. While we look for a solution, you can still log in to WeBot on a mac and stream music and view photos that are hosted on a windows machine, but you can't actually install a bot on your mac to access the music and photos shared therein. dang, dang, dang. I realize that Apple wants as many people to buy and upgrade to Leopard, we all gots to make money, but coercing people by means of not allowing them to upgrade their current OS with a higher form of Java is just kinda mean. A lot of my long time Apple using friends are constantly berating me for using Windows (hey, i'm bi-lingual) because of supposed MS strong-arm tactics. In this case they need look no further than their front porch for an example of that kind of meme.
There is nothing we can do about this, unfortunately, but we'll try. While we look for a solution, you can still log in to WeBot on a mac and stream music and view photos that are hosted on a windows machine, but you can't actually install a bot on your mac to access the music and photos shared therein. dang, dang, dang. I realize that Apple wants as many people to buy and upgrade to Leopard, we all gots to make money, but coercing people by means of not allowing them to upgrade their current OS with a higher form of Java is just kinda mean. A lot of my long time Apple using friends are constantly berating me for using Windows (hey, i'm bi-lingual) because of supposed MS strong-arm tactics. In this case they need look no further than their front porch for an example of that kind of meme.
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