Burgermaster

From 1981 to 1986, Microsoft was headquartered in the Northup Building in Bellevue, and the Burgermaster drive-in sat on the other side of it [1]. In Windows 3.0, the data segment that recorded where all the other data segments lived was named the BurgerMaster [1]. One story says the developer naming it could not settle on anything, looked out his window at the big BURGERMASTER sign, and borrowed it, apparently not noticing the restaurant spells it with a lowercase m [1]. Another story holds that the segment got the name because it was the most important segment in Windows, the way the restaurant was the most important one to Windows developers [1]. Bill Gates's secretary kept Burgermaster on speed dial [1]. The number was company-wide, so a developer could call in an order, walk next door, and find it ready and waiting [1]. Phoning in an order for take-out was a novelty in those days [1].