Apart from the fact that a person who speaks Arabic or Indonesian, or Pashtu probably has little use for a "kewl-themed" blackbox desktop, or something like that. That works for us latin-script Unix geeks with a working knowledge of English but certainly not for an average user in the 3rd World.
You seem to forget that in most african and central/south american countries the official languages are still English, French, Spanish, Portugese, or other European language, while local languages are only slowly getting recognized.
Further, the European languages are particularly strong in areas that actually have electricity to hook up a computer, not to mention internet access.
Also, in many developing countries, people are much more aware of the need to learn in particular English than in many European countries.
So, shipping of used pc's to a second life may not be a bad idea. Also, these old machines are less sensible to fluctuations in electricity, and this may be important factor in parts of these countries.
That said, ofcourse, one should consider the cost against buying new computers, the risks that personal data is not properly deleted before shipping etc. (personally I believe that harddisks should always be destroyed).
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