Ellison confirms interest in HP's middleware "We talk to them about it," said Ellison in a session with reporters after he delivered a keynote speech here at Oracle World. He would not say what stage the talks are at, but did say that buying HP's middleware business would be a "tiny" acquisition, comparable to Oracle's takeover of WebGain's developer tools last week." Pretty bad ROI on HP Bluestone acquisition... Lots of other fun Larry-land quotes in the article -- worth a skim.