Thanks to everyone for your opinions. You have all given me some information that I wasn't aware of, though I am still not entirely convinced that Boeing has dropped any balls. I think terrorism has to play some role (even if it is small and temporary). Less people in the States are flying to international destinations. As for other parts of the world...we'll have to see. Perhaps if the situation gets no better and the long queues at the security gates with 500+ passengers may have some people happier to board 744 or 777's.
I did preface my first post by saying that I am not in the airline industry so I can not be accused of saying I know for a fact the 380 is not needed. I am interested to see what will happen and although I don't doubt anyone's information I will come back to this discussion if the 380s fail to deliver what has been promised. With that said, if they do well then I can take the "I told you so" like a man.
Cheers!