Murph ATC,
Historically your thinking has little merit, for ex, I think its too late for Boeing to develope the 737, Douglas has the DC-9 already and ditto for the Caravelle, another, Airbus has the A-300, so Boeing shouldn't have developed the 767..this blended wing will be the real breakthrough that Boeing needs to surpass the A-380, and change the way jets are built. The a-380 has a few sales is still a paper plane and if they keep selling them for the rumored $140 million they'll lose money till the 22nd century, this is what competitions all about good luck to both,