In a blatant attack on Google’s cloud computing-based messaging and collaboration applications, IBM next week will begin selling a Web-based version of its popular Lotus Notes software for $3 per user per month. The IBM-hosted LotusLive iNotes will cost users $36 per year. Google Apps costs $50 per user pear year, but offers several applications LotusLive iNotes does not, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and wiki apps.
– IBM Oct. 5 will begin selling a Web-based version of its popular Lotus Notes software for $3 per user per month, a move that puts Google directly in Big Blue’s crosshairs.
An IBM spokesperson confirmed the release to the general public of LotusLive iNotes, which will include e-mail, calendaring and…