Mesa vs OpenGL

[Anni Hienola <ahienola@mist.helsinki.fi>]

Hello

I know that the Mesa version 3.0 is new and propably not tested by so many
programmers but still I want to ask this:

How far from OpenGL is Mesa now? I'm talking about animation speed. I have
understood that OpenGL is much faster and thus better for interactive
3D animation and I have considered purchasing OpenGL because of this.
Should I wait for Mesa to evolve more or what?


 Anni, who hardly knows OpenGL