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In 2006 I undertook to take what I'd learnt from the research on Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) both to "the community' and to those interested in joining "the community'. I prepared and presented two 3.5 hour tutorials at FLOSS conferences: LinuxAsia in Delhi and O'Reilly's Open Source Conference (OSCON) in Portland. This paper describes these experiences. I first summarize the tutorials, pointing out which research was used and what the interests of the participants were and where more research can bridge the gaps. I then describe an ongoing interaction with a software engineering manager at Microsoft who attended the tutorial and is in the interesting position of taking a Microsoft work group open. Finally I reflect on this experience for lessons about "transferable research'.