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In 2019, Airbus displaced Boeing as the largest aerospace company by revenue. In October 2019, the A320 family became the highest-selling airliner family with
by albumen 1y ago
In 2019, Airbus displaced Boeing as the largest aerospace company by revenue.
In October 2019, the A320 family became the highest-selling airliner family with 15,193 orders, surpassing the Boeing 737's total of 15,136.
In 2023 the number of Airbus aircraft in service surpassed Boeing for the first time.
- nxm 1y agoOne example? How about tech?
- Fargren 1y agoHow is Airbus not tech? In any case, Spotify, SAP, Booking definitely qualify as competitive.
- oblio 1y agoBooking is owned by a US company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booking_Holdings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booking_Holdings Unfortunately for us, Europeans, that's what happens most of the time. SAP and Spotify are the ones that got away. Europe ranks really poorly for tech: https://companiesmarketcap.com/tech/largest-tech-companies-by-revenue/ https://companiesmarketcap.com/tech/largest-tech-companies-b...
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- djohnston 1y agoThe context of the article is an innovation fund for tech startups. The comment was a dumb remark about how the US will fail in this domain. Airbus is not relevant to the discussion because Airbus is not a tech startup. So, Spotify and raises eyebrows … SAP. Innovative.
- nickserv 1y agoIf building airplanes isn't technology, I don't know what is. BTW, Boeing is in the USA's top 10 exporters, it's not a minor thing. But yeah the USA has a definite edge in software, if that's what you mean by "tech".
- djohnston 1y agoIn the context of an article about an innovation fund for tech startups, that’s obviously what I mean by “tech”.
- agumonkey 1y agoerlang ? skype (rip) ? ocaml ?