I agree with you completely. One other thing that I think Intel could/should do is to cooperate with one of the major cloud providers to offer reasonably priced by-the-hour remote access.

There is one wonderful opportunity, though, that deserves to be better known. Intel has sponsored Colfax Research to offer free online introductory courses, which include two weeks of remote access. The next session begins August 29th: http://colfaxresearch.com/how-16-08/

(I'm unaffiliated, but enjoyed the course a few months ago.)