Why cant i upgrade to snow leopard (so i can upgrade to lion)?

My macpro has a 2x2.8 ghz quad core intel xeon processor and meets all other specs but when i install the DVD for snow leopard it says "mac os x snow leopard cannot be installed on this computer" why is that? what can i do to install it/lion?

It looks like they might still have it...
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA

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    I cannot find Snow Leopard to buy so I can upgrade eventually to Mountain Lion on my MacBook Pro with Leopard on it.

    Glad to help.
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  • Problem upgrading from snow leopard 10.6.8 to mountain lion. Damaged partition.

    Hi, here's my problem: I can't install ML and I can't go back to SL.
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    Thanks Walter.
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