Any site that runs z/OS today needs zOSMF and therefore pretty much needs a 
zIIP. 
I think needing zOSMF was at least on the horizon when z13s became available. 
Seems IBM was inaccurate : (

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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On
> Behalf Of Brian Westerman
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2023 9:18 PM
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> Subject: Re: ISPF to Panvalet interface
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> When they bought the machine they were moving from a z/800 and were told
> by IBM that they didn't "need" the specialty processor.  In any case, it is 
> what
> it is.  Trying to get zIIP dollars from a site that doesn't have one, 
> especially
> when their product doesn't support a zIIP would be kind of odd.  They have
> other products that do run on a zIIP, but that's not the case here.  I think 
> it
> could really just a matter of greed.  It's not like they are going to come 
> forward
> and say so.
> 
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