Synchronize Windows XP/Outlook 2003 with Dot-Mac?

I'm very curious whether anyone has come across an application I can load on Windows XP that will enable me to synchronize Outlook with my Dot-Mac account. This would be an ideal application from Apple to support converts from Windows to Mac but also for those of us who are forced to use a Corporate Windows box for business but who also use their Mac's to get the real work done
I hope this isn't a pipe dream!
JimN
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Thanks for the suggestion but I've already done that a couple of times each with a bit different perspective. The main reason I post ideas like this out on this forum is because I believe that the most creative solutions come from the real-world and people who enjoy coding to solve problems. Apple has become too big to concern themselves with every little feature or applet so they rely on independents to come up with the brilliant solutions while they focus on their core product.
At the end of the day, they don't have the ability nor agility to address these issues but they also don't want to pay salaries for developers to come up with one or two fixes so from their perspective, its a win-win.
Speaking from experience, people not under the proverbial thumb of a major corporation have much more creativity and are able to arrive at a solution typically much quicker. The only caveat to that is not having the resources available but the key to that is open source.
Philosophies aside, its my hope that someone out there in the forum community will have seen this and either is or knows of someone who is or has been working on a solution similar to this.
My .02 cents - thats why the posting - to inspire discussion and thought.
Thanks!
Jim

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