Heh... have you ever tried to restore a 2k8 backup back into a rebuilt 2005 server after a couple of days when you find out some of the lesser used features of your legacy apps don't work so well with 2k8? Tons'o'fun. 😉 Even on relatively "small" databases, it's just not worth taking the risk for.
But, to each their own. I think Brad's article was more of a "poll" anyway. 🙂
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.