This will just get him disavowed as a cofounder of Apple by the hardcore supporters. Eventually no one will remember he helped start Apple and everyone will think Jobs was the only one. (edit: true enough that they already see him as the black sheep, the embarrassing uncle everyone tries to ignore)
No one cares what the "naive, idealistic" engineer clueless about business thinks. That's the battle we're fighting - to fix patents, we have to tell people how it's not mere idealism or ideology, but how real businesses can get squeezed out by patent trolls or assholes if software patents don't get reformed soon.
On the bright side, I'm noticing more friends getting Androids, even around this time when the iPhone 5 is being launched. Only the core Apple supporters are going straight for the iPhone. The tide may be turning and Apple losing a bit of its shine, at least in my circles.