Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO

Steve Jobs's Resignation Letter

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.
As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.
I believe Apple's brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.
I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.
Steve"

Indeed, it is very short resignation letter for a great man who set the course for mobile computing and digital entertainment. Since Bill Gates retired from Microsoft in 2008, Jobs was the last of those early pioneers still leading the industry.
Most people are lucky if they can change the world in one important way, but Mr. Jobs, in multiple stages of his business career, changed global technology and media in multiple ways on multiple occasions. And that changed the way people live.
And that's why the day Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple isn't like the day a typical CEO resigns.