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*For students, they don‘t always know the steps to the answer," said the younger Bazzarella. "With this system, they can see the sieps of the question. The computer becomes a live texibook." Formulae 1 can be used to graphically buildâ€"and display mathâ€" ematical cquations as well as solve them with ease, allowing users t explore math more easily and freely. The software has been three years in development. The prodâ€" uct was launched into the marketplace April 1. The company‘s main focus, naturally, is the educational sector â€" high schools and universities. But the men have run into a major stumbling block. "In Ontaro, there is another company with similar software and they have a license from the Ministry of Education," said Bazâ€" zarella Jr. "We found ourseives having to go to the United States to get companies to distribute our product." Just recently, Poliplus Software exhibited some of its software at While the 26â€"yearâ€"old Carlos Jr. is the masticr of algebra, his 56â€"yearâ€"old father, a 20â€"year professor of architecture who speâ€" cialized in design and geometry at Rio de Jamero University in Brazil, is the one who has the most input when it comes to proâ€" gramming the geometry software. ware But the Bazzarellas take Poliplus (which means many more) to the next level by providing users not only with a final answer to their problems but also with an explanation as to how they got there the intention of developing educational s assistant software designed to enhance P @ future clectrome textbooks. He worked for Go Corporation in Sthicon Valley, California A in the development of the PenPoint Operâ€" ce <i ating Sysicin, a pen based operating sys tem. It was the first operating system to support live cmbedding of applications _ Carlos Bazzarella with a notchook interface Waterloo. | Knowing the question and getting the answer is quile common when dealing with mathematical softâ€" The software company, which was foundcd by Carlos Jr. in 1993 and has a full time stalf of four, developed Formulae 1, a computer algebra and geometry software designed for the teaching and exploration of mathematics for the high school and university level Poliplus Software, located at 145 Columbia St. W Unit #3. It‘s where Carlos Bazzarella Sr. and Carlos Bazzarella Jr. develop comâ€" puter software well into the wee hours of the night with the same passion as any father and son working on a project together It‘s not too often that a software business can also be considered a familyâ€"run busiâ€" Software explains the how and why of those mathematical problems FOR GRADUATION Bazzarclla Jr. founded the company with However, such is the case at Waterloo‘s Peter Cudhea Chronicle Staff Carlos Bazzarella Jr. (seated), and his father Carlos Sr., operate Poliplus Software "It‘s been easier to write the software than to promote the busiâ€" ness. We need a lot of time and money to promote it and we‘re very close to signing a contract with a large publishing company." The company‘s latest two pieces of software are Eqn Viewer and EqnWriter (not released yet), which will allow students to place mathematical equations, symbols etc. on their web pages without the use of GIFs (pictures). The Eqn Viewer used familiar notation to represent equations. The notation resembles the syntax used in handâ€"held calculators and other mathematical software. One of the Eqn Viewer features is the graphical display of expressions with support for special the Education Computers Organization of Ontario (ECOO) in Erobicoke, where they received positive feedback from many secâ€" ondary mathematics school teachers. The company also showed its software to the North York, Etobicoke and Ottawa boards of education, where, once again, they got positive feedback. "We can‘t tell the ministry what to do and to license our packâ€" age," Bazzarella Jr. said. "It‘s up to the board to force the issue. "But, it‘s going to be a tough battle to get our foot in the minâ€" ols * Wheet Bearing Upgrades win Admae in hoigea t i TOWn SQ PROTE quarter. Canadian operations performed well. Of particular were the improving earnings from its Canadian annuity deposit business. 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