I'm think that IBM should not be allowed to do such thing. This will crash today's hardware and software industry. If You have computer that is fast and stable and normal set of software, You probably won't buy new computer and new OS, and bunch of newer applications every next year, because nor hardware nor software have significant better characteristic in such short terms. Or You are lunatic ?
So think about people who produce hardware, new "better" and "faster" CPU and mobo every week, graphic cards, hard drives,...
And people who produce software, new office every year, new mp3 player that now can even download torrents, burning software who in newest version also do video conversion and can translate subtitles to your language, think about all those people who sell antivirus software !!!! Whoa !!!
All those people will lost their job, and become homeless.