This industry will never eventually mature, it will always continuosly evolve, thats what so good about it.
As for the Boeing V Airbus stratagy it looks like both are right, some pax will hub to hub to dest whilst others fly point to point depending on times, availibility and cost, and it seems like there are enough pax flying at the moment to service both philosophies.
On a slightly different note, is it true the A380 will be mandatory autoland every time due very limited eng 1 and 4 ground clearance with tests showing the APs land it consistently better ?