Office 2004 German release date

[silvretta]

Hey All,

could someone inform me when the release date for the german Office 2004
is? Although microsoft's mactopia site states that this was sometime back in
July, on the german apple store one cannot yet purchase Office 2004?!?

This is a bit confusing, especially because I was hoping to take advantage of
the 'free' upgrade from Office X purchased at the beginning of this year -
only catch being that this offer is time-limited to one month after the
release date.

Any info much welcome!
Thanks
silvretta