The article is quite good at showing some the relatively simple (yet powerful imho) reasons why replication is a good idea...I am in the process of finishing a document for merge replication. I hope on your continuation of the articles you also talk about security concerns with replication (eg getting the right permissions on the folder which holds the published db for others to subscribe to) I am currently wrestling with how to make it secure enough..of course this is for merge and not snapshot...once again great article !

My next step after figuring out merge rep for SQL is to take it to the SQLCE format...if i beat you to the punch i may be able to write a column on what you have to do for SQL CE replication (merge)