The other side of that is that running old versions of software is dangerous and you don't have the advantage of new features, improved performance, security updates... etc., etc...
I've been running Fedora GNU/Linux for a few years and it sort of keeps everything updated automatically. [yum -y update]
I'm sure the techs are chomping at the bit to get everything updated. Management might be thinking more about time, money, fear of the unknown, etc., etc...