That's odd, 2.8 was clearly available when I viewed that page. Maybe you just had an old version cached? They only seem to offer links to 2.8 for Snow Leopard

That's odd, 2.8 was clearly available when I viewed that page. Maybe you just had an old version cached? They only seem to offer links to 2.8 for Snow Leopard and Lion, so that could also be an issue.