Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 03, 2011	Jun. 04, 2010	Jun. 03, 2011	Jun. 04, 2010
Revenue:
Products	$ 830,281	$ 795,260	$ 1,672,970	$ 1,499,198
Subscription	109,169	92,279	215,340	187,786
Services and support	83,729	55,496	162,575	114,751
Total revenue	1,023,179	943,035	2,050,885	1,801,735
Cost of revenue:
Products	34,666	39,645	65,383	63,155
Subscription	47,329	50,190	95,207	95,925
Services and support	27,206	17,998	56,250	38,121
Total cost of revenue	109,201	107,833	216,840	197,201
Gross profit	913,978	835,202	1,834,045	1,604,534
Operating expenses:
Research and development	183,211	167,318	361,611	341,658
Sales and marketing	348,690	320,976	676,768	618,270
General and administrative	95,547	89,953	196,526	180,999
Restructuring charges	(586)	11,541	(545)	23,163
Amortization of purchased intangibles	10,392	18,129	20,627	36,326
Total operating expenses	637,254	607,917	1,254,987	1,200,416
Operating income	276,724	227,285	579,058	404,118
Non-operating income (expense):
Interest and other income (expense), net	(839)	(6,313)	(1,656)	(5,702)
Interest expense	(16,727)	(16,076)	(33,747)	(23,771)
Investment gains (losses), net	86	(10,723)	1,676	(14,257)
Total non-operating income (expense), net	(17,480)	(33,112)	(33,727)	(43,730)
Income before income taxes	259,244	194,173	545,331	360,388
Provision for income taxes	29,808	45,562	81,304	84,623
Net income	$ 229,436	$ 148,611	$ 464,027	$ 275,765
Basic net income per share	$ 0.46	$ 0.28	$ 0.92	$ 0.53
Shares used to compute basic net income per share	499,686	526,148	501,910	525,124
Diluted net income per share	$ 0.45	$ 0.28	$ 0.91	$ 0.52
Shares used to compute diluted net income per share	506,280	533,259	509,572	533,305