Oracle created a brand new market in Java support contracts which didn't exist before, so that they could enter it and make a buck (wherein FUD is a standard sales tactic for them). They probably viewed their position on the OpenJDK as subsidising a public good, which in general is slightly out of character for Oracle.
Most enterprise vendors have, or will soon have, comparable products for sale. My employers have Pivotal Spring Runtime[0]. You can also get OpenJDK coverage from Red Hat[1], Amazon[2], Azul[3] and so on.
Incidentally I resent that I sometimes wind up defending Oracle's decisions. I think it was globally suboptimal but I can understand their reasoning.
Most enterprise vendors have, or will soon have, comparable products for sale. My employers have Pivotal Spring Runtime[0]. You can also get OpenJDK coverage from Red Hat[1], Amazon[2], Azul[3] and so on.
Incidentally I resent that I sometimes wind up defending Oracle's decisions. I think it was globally suboptimal but I can understand their reasoning.
[0] https://pivotal.io/pivotal-spring-runtime
[1] https://access.redhat.com/articles/1299013
[2] https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/
[3] https://www.azul.com/products/zulu-enterprise/