The development of Macsyma continued at Symbolics despite the fact that it was seen as a diversion from the sales of Lisp machines, which Symbolics considered to be their main business despite the fact that Macsyma sales and the leveraged sales of Lisp Machines reached 10% of overall sales at Symbolics within two years.
Разработка Macsyma продолжалась в Symbolics несмотря на факт, что это выглядело как отступление от продаж Лисп-машин, которые Symbolics считали своим главным делом.