What else can the man do?
Depends on his spine.
Depends on the orders of his priorities.
Depends on what he has to lose.
RE: Depends on his spine
Even if he had the spine, if he loses support from the board members, he can’t work like that. He is like a LEPER to them.
Would you want to continue being CEO when everyone you work with hates you?
Better to leave and take your skills with you. The man is a genius who created Javascript ( the most common language for websites) and the Mozilla browser.
Companies will always have need of his skills.