SEGMENT INFORMATION RECONCILIATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
12 Months Ended | |||||||||
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May. 31, 2015 |
May. 31, 2014 |
May. 31, 2013 |
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Reconciliation of Total Operating Segment Margin to Income Before Provision for Income Taxes [Abstract] | ||||||||||
Total margin for operating segments | $ 24,221 | $ 24,647 | $ 23,945 | |||||||
Cloud software as a service and platform as a service revenues | [1] | (12) | (17) | (45) | ||||||
Software license updates and product support revenues | [1] | (11) | (3) | (14) | ||||||
Hardware systems support revenues | [1] | (4) | (11) | (14) | ||||||
Product development | (4,812) | (4,590) | (4,321) | |||||||
Marketing and partner program expenses | (520) | (564) | (591) | |||||||
Corporate, general and administrative and information technology expenses | (1,496) | (1,384) | (1,421) | |||||||
Amortization of intangible assets | (2,149) | (2,300) | (2,385) | |||||||
Acquisition related and other | (211) | (41) | 604 | |||||||
Restructuring | (207) | (183) | (352) | |||||||
Stock-based compensation | (928) | (795) | (722) | |||||||
Interest expense | (1,143) | (914) | (797) | |||||||
Non-operating income (expense), net | 106 | (141) | 11 | |||||||
Income before provision for income taxes | 12,834 | 13,704 | 13,898 | |||||||
Reconciliation of Total Operating Segment Revenues to Total Revenues [Line Items] | ||||||||||
Cloud software as a service and platform as a service revenues | [1] | (12) | (17) | (45) | ||||||
Software license updates and product support revenues | [1] | (11) | (3) | (14) | ||||||
Hardware systems support revenues | [1] | (4) | (11) | (14) | ||||||
Total revenues | 38,226 | 38,275 | 37,180 | |||||||
Total for operating segments [Member] | ||||||||||
Reconciliation of Total Operating Segment Margin to Income Before Provision for Income Taxes [Abstract] | ||||||||||
Total margin for operating segments | [2] | 24,221 | 24,647 | 23,945 | ||||||
Reconciliation of Total Operating Segment Revenues to Total Revenues [Line Items] | ||||||||||
Total revenues | [3] | $ 38,253 | $ 38,306 | $ 37,253 | ||||||
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