If Steve is going to remain on the board of Apple and serve as chairman of that board, why not remain on the board of Disney?

Being a board member is not a huge time drain like being a CEO is.

My hope is that this proves that he is not dying as so many people want to paint things, but that he just realizes that he no longer has the energy to run a company as large as Apple full-time.

I just want to say, that Steve Jobs resigning as iCEO but staying on the boards of Apple and Disney, and Tim Cook taking over according to the succession plan, are all facts in one story, not 5 different stories. On Macrumors they sensibly put this all in one thread.

I think Jobs must be gravely sick, possibly preparing to go the next world, he would have soldiered on as CEO otherwise like he has been doing recently. I just re-watched his Stanford commencement speech again I think it's pretty clear his drive to be CEO of Apple is huge.

Of course, his wife and children may have given him an ultimatum, that he should seriously take time out and get healthy or they would give up on him. I've known a number of people close to me that quit their jobs under pressure from their family to get healthy.

I hope he gets better but I fear it may be too late.

What ever Steve decides to do, I hope he will do it for a long time to come. I still hope he shows up at a WWDC or a product introduction event here and then. I was always looking forward to these happenings, because I really liked his enthusiastic and charming way he presented his products.

Stay well Steve!

Yeah, I agree with the above, why would he not continue as a Disney board member when he's remaining at Apple as Chairman of their Board (And taking on what I guess you'd describe as a part-time consultancy role)? He's still got some important input for Disney anyway, not least of which is the ongoing revamp of the Disney Stores unit.