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We have been burned very badly by vendor lock-in in the past so we now have policies against renting other companies computers.

Could you please tell us more about "burned very badly by vendor lock-in in the past"? What happened?

Better write your own compiler, then... And your own language, just to be sure.

#tinfoil

The compiler's already on your computer, nobody can take it away from you (or at least, not easily).