Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 01, 2013	Mar. 02, 2012
Revenue:
Products	$ 675,789	$ 808,521
Subscription	224,266	146,230
Services and support	107,818	90,469
Total revenue	1,007,873	1,045,220
Cost of revenue:
Products	51,982	25,668
Subscription	62,580	48,780
Services and support	42,122	33,817
Total cost of revenue	156,684	108,265
Gross profit	851,189	936,955
Operating expenses:
Research and development	209,638	177,728
Sales and marketing	398,033	358,963
General and administrative	132,853	102,681
Restructuring charges	2	(2,825)
Amortization of purchased intangibles	12,439	11,429
Total operating expenses	752,965	647,976
Operating income	98,224	288,979
Non-operating income (expense):
Interest and other income (expense), net	1,246	(2,785)
Interest expense	(16,834)	(16,838)
Investment gains (losses), net	848	1,021
Total non-operating income (expense), net	(14,740)	(18,602)
Income before income taxes	83,484	270,377
Provision for income taxes	18,367	85,168
Net income	$ 65,117	$ 185,209
Basic net income per share	$ 0.13	$ 0.37
Shares used to compute basic net income per share	498,607	494,016
Diluted net income per share	$ 0.13	$ 0.37
Shares used to compute diluted net income per share	507,840	500,378