This is my approach as well but I don't let things get too far behind. We all know how things get slipstreamed in without making it to the release notes.
As fas as "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", this is the reason I have done assessments on companies where their routers are on the original IOS, workstations and servers are on Windows Service Pack nothing, SQL Server likewise, etc. The one admin said point blank that she never patches anything that's working.
Kind of the reason why they got taken down by Slammer and why they had to set up weekly reboots on all servers to keep them stable.
Ray
Well maybe it's just me, but I follow the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" approach. But always watch the release notes on fixes in case something serious may come up that may effect your stability or security.
just my $.02
Hal
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