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My guess would be you have some kind of safety net by having a company to turn to in case of issues, you probably can request new features, you may have better performances (since the implementation is different) etc...

Not saying what is best/worst, it's mostly a matter of opinion / contracts in the end.

Probably yes, depending on the license of OpenJDK, but if you want Oracle JRE, you have to pay
If your company is selling a product and you want to package the JRE with it, you have to pay for the license
And in Ayurveda it's called a Vata mind!