Wow,  my very first corporate blog.  I feel so...21st century.

I will be publicly lynched if I don't chat about the Mac beta, so let's tawk.  Here's the latest...

To repeat what I've said in the forums, I fully expect to release the public beta Mac client ("SlingPlayer for OS X") on October 31, as in Tuesday, big ol' Halloween. In the <4% chance that aliens abduct me hours before launch, scramble the software, and insist on pushing back the deadline for the sole purpose of torturing the human race, then I will setup a mini-private beta on the 31st for anyone who has posted on Sling Community and is willing to abide by our beta rules.  In other words, for all of you who have been hanging out here at Sling Community, waiting all these months, I'm guaranteeing you a download on the 31st.  

[Let's all just take a moment and let that sink in.]

Why don't I set that up now, you ask?  Because if I did, I literally wouldn't have time to help make the 31st what it's intended to be: a Public Beta download. This is our aim: a Public Beta download. It's what I'm expecting: Public Beta download. 31st. Halloween. [...with the caveat that in the <4% alien abduction case, the software may not work so well for some of you.]

Let the counting begin.