AhDee....
Have you been in a timewarp? The 747X was cancelled around 2001 and then Boeing pretended that they were going to make a just-subsonic Cruiser and then that faded away and now they are thinking about the 7X7 which is a nice looking aeroplane that isn't much, if any faster than anything out there at the moment. Meanwhile the huge Airbus A380 is being built and substantial pieces are in the main construction hall - see Airbus' website.
Boeing having been Top Dawg for years, has changed through bad management and has been floundering but I cannot see them fading away as they have such a great track record. The 7X7 looks remarkably like an Airbus with a DH Comet nose!
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