I cannot imagine this bet paying off for Intel, because I will be choosing AMD in all of the workstations for my engineering group. Beyond my own group, I will use my influence to be sure my entire organization avoids them as much as possible.

If anything, I expect this will hurt them where it counts. IT folk will not be amused and find other places to spend their money. The decision to lock up working silicon is radioactive and will have long lasting consequences on buying. I like to imagine this sort of decision being made across the world, as other engineers learn of these anti-consumer shenanigans and make waves in their own organizations.