Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 02, 2012	Mar. 04, 2011
Revenue:
Products	$ 808,521	$ 842,689
Subscription	146,230	106,171
Services and support	90,469	78,846
Total revenue	1,045,220	1,027,706
Cost of revenue:
Products	25,668	30,717
Subscription	48,780	47,878
Services and support	33,817	29,044
Total cost of revenue	108,265	107,639
Gross profit	936,955	920,067
Operating expenses:
Research and development	177,728	178,400
Sales and marketing	358,963	328,078
General and administrative	102,681	100,979
Restructuring charges	(2,825)	41
Amortization of purchased intangibles	11,429	10,235
Total operating expenses	647,976	617,733
Operating income	288,979	302,334
Non-operating income (expense):
Interest and other income (expense), net	(2,785)	(817)
Interest expense	(16,838)	(17,020)
Investment gains (losses), net	1,021	1,590
Total non-operating income (expense), net	(18,602)	(16,247)
Income before income taxes	270,377	286,087
Provision for income taxes	85,168	51,496
Net income	$ 185,209	$ 234,591
Basic net income per share	$ 0.37	$ 0.47
Shares used to compute basic net income per share	494,016	504,134
Diluted net income per share	$ 0.37	$ 0.46
Shares used to compute diluted net income per share	500,378	511,345