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From Valleywag: Michael Wallent,Windows 7 Serial, a common supervisor at Microsoft, will return to function in January as Megan Wallent. Whilst this news is intriguing in a "huh, that doesn't happen every day" sort of way, the blog post touches on broader issues about gender and Microsoft: This is a company that as of late last year counted only 100 women among its top 900 executives -- those Wallent's rank and higher. In becoming Megan, he'll only improve that ratio by 0.1 percent. Read the full article.