adrian Greeman wrote:
The web site for beta 2 says "these new builds obsolete OObeta 2"

Does no one know any grammar? Obsolete is NOT  verb but an adjective.  You can no more "obsolete" something 
than you can "wooden" something.  It can become obsolete as you "displace" it with something else 
or "replace" it with a new version etc.

Writer is a word processing application - so let's use words well.

If you had actually taken the time to look in a dictionary, I wouldn't have had to.


ob-so-lete
adj.

1. No longer in use: an obsolete word.
2. Outmoded in design, style, or construction: an obsolete locomotive.
3. Biology. Vestigial or imperfectly developed, especially in comparison with other individuals or related species; not clearly marked or seen; indistinct. Used of an organ or other part of an animal or plant.


tr.v. ob-so-let-ed, ob-so-let-ing, ob-so-letes

    To cause to become obsolete.

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