> So, I suspect it was political decision whether to support z/990 and z9.

I think supporting the older processors this long was a marketing decision. 
Sooner or later they had to drop off and now they have. zVM V6 requires a z10 
processor or higher, so it's somewhat surprising that z9s are still supported 
by z/OS 2.1.

Bob Shannon
Rocket Software

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