The tougher it gets out there, the thicker the air gets with weasel words, and the latest is rightsizing: everyone knows that downsizing means finally rebelling against the rip-off merchants that hold you to ransom with pricey mainframe hardware that doesn’t earn its keep and software licences that seem to rise inexorably in line with the interest on the national debt, and switching to much cheaper open systems that seem to do the job as well if not better – it may not work out that way, but at least we all know what it means – so why should anyone talk about any other kind of sizing than downsizing? Clearly the rightsizing merchants have had a look over your shoulder, seen your total annual data processing budget and have vowed to relieve you of the entire sum by persuading you their brand of snake oil is much better than the one you presently use (doesn’t arrive at your shop in a Russian truck, see).
