Cocoa:Moog Dead, Long live The MOOG!
Obituary: Dr Robert MoogDr Robert Moog, the inventor of the electronic synthesiser, has died of brain cancer aged 71.
His synthesiser, which bears his name, revolutionised music from the 1960s onwards, and was used by bands like the Beatles and the Doors.
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Cocoa:Ross Perot Doubles Up on Apple/NeXT Deal
He made the bulk of his $3.7 billion fortune by starting the data-processing company Electronic Data Systems (nyse: EDS - news - people ) and selling it for $1.4 billion in cash and stock to General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people ) in 1984. In the late 1980s, he paid $20 million for a 12% stake in a computer business called NeXT, which Steve Jobs started after leaving Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ). Though NeXT was a dud, Apple acquired the company for $400 million in 1996, making Perot's stake worth $48 million.
