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I'm glad you convey this as your take on the RAPS forum consensus, not as an absolute truth.
Yes, it seemed worth adding some additional opinions from a different source, but I don't see it as authoritative. And I will repeat that it was a "slight" consensus. As for me, I've never been a fan of one-size-fits-all. But I'm opposed to implementing eQMS (or any software solution) when/because you know nothing about QMS (or whatever). In that case, you are not even in a position to establish vendor selection criteria appropriate to your needs.
1. How is it different from other fields?
Because medical devices can injure, maim, and kill people, is what most people would say. But that doesn't distinguish them from cars, planes, and many other products, except that medical devices are specifically intended to do the opposite, while cars and planes are pitched for transportation. So devices that injure, maim, and kill are essentially frauds, where cars and airplanes that do the same are just not very good cars and planes.
But mostly because it's my field and I don't like people who haven't a clue messing around in it. I don't care about automotive or aerospace.
in capitalism, if someone is making money off of something it is considered to be the ultimate indication that their enterprise has the right to be around.
I didn't say anything about people who were making money, but about people who seemed to feel entitled to do so.
In any case, that's not a tenet of capitalism, which is about ownership, not existence or rights thereto. I don't know of any economic theories that bestow the right to exist on enterprises. This seems somewhat reminiscent of free market theory, but it would agree with me, because that theory holds that those who have the experience, intelligence, common sense, and good technical/business decision-making skills needed to develop and market the best services and products will make the most money as a result, while those who do not will lose the competitive battle, so clearly they are not entitled to exist. I'm quite the fan of the free market, and regret that it exists only in theory. Or maybe more like fantasy.
Google Drive / Dropbox / One Drive / iCloud anyone?
To each their own. Just speaking for myself, they'll get my data when they pry it off my cold, dead hard drive.