Software doesn’t age like fine wine; it ages like milk.

Quote of the Week 29

"Software doesn’t age like fine wine; it ages like milk. 
 Software goes bad over time."
― Josh Corman


Related quotes:

"Code doesn't age like wine, it ages like milk."
― Chris Eng


Triggered by Charity Major's use of a variation of the quote 
"Software on the shelf doesn't age like wine; it ages like milk."
in her presentation on Continuous Delivery where she argues that software should be auto-deployed within 15 minutes after you merge it, with no manual gates.

 

Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash

The use of the full quote by Josh Corman can be found in a 2016 article. A later blog article acknowledges prior usage @ Microsoft.

The attribution to Chris Eng has been made in a Lenovo presentation (slide 9) and a CSO Online article (cited here).

The origin of the quote, however, dates back to at least 2006 when Andy Ozment and Stuart E. Schechter authored a Usenix conference paper titled "Milk or Wine: Does Software Security Improve with Age?" (per Chris Swan's tweet).

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