Stratum is a good thing?

[toolbag]

I've seen a few comments around this forum that seem to indicate that people like stratum for some reason. I've read other places, though, that stratum has some inherent problems that getblocktemplate was meant to solve, and in general it sounded to me like getblocktemplate was a better protocol for mining. Is there some reason people prefer stratum?

[zerodrama]

Stratum is available. Slush covers the pros n cons here: https://mining.bitcoin.cz/stratum-mining#decisions