But he said "right" not "mandate". My point was only that I currently do have an implicit right. ECC memory isn't that much more expensive. I was fortunate to

But he said "right" not "mandate". My point was only that I currently do have an implicit right. ECC memory isn't that much more expensive. I was fortunate to build my current machine a few months before memory prices doubled. Previous generation Xeon CPUs aren't very expensive. Same with motherboards. And another option is to just buy a used server. These are super cheap now as so many companies are moving to cloud computing.