I'll admit that "OS snob who just wants to run VMS because they once ran it on Alpha" is pretty low on the freebie list, but they didn't even say no, they just strung me along until I gave up caring.
> Images for the Virtual Server for VPC (s390x architecture) are deprecated. Starting 28 February 2026, you can't create new instances from s390x images. Existing instances are supported until 20 February 2027. Any instances that remain after that date are deleted.