Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Aug. 30, 2013	Aug. 31, 2012	Aug. 30, 2013	Aug. 31, 2012
Revenue:
Products	$ 582,178	$ 810,457	$ 1,902,866	$ 2,490,000
Subscription	299,346	172,920	778,133	478,669
Services and support	113,595	97,203	332,542	281,580
Total revenue	995,119	1,080,580	3,013,541	3,250,249
Cost of revenue:
Products	32,564	27,234	111,351	92,976
Subscription	71,656	56,191	200,763	159,794
Services and support	42,856	36,196	126,927	106,034
Total cost of revenue	147,076	119,621	439,041	358,804
Gross profit	848,043	960,959	2,574,500	2,891,445
Operating expenses:
Research and development	208,700	189,145	621,435	547,776
Sales and marketing	388,673	368,556	1,188,914	1,113,978
General and administrative	128,043	110,249	381,766	323,533
Restructuring charges	(791)	2,374	24,203	(2,642)
Amortization of purchased intangibles	13,064	12,331	38,295	36,374
Total operating expenses	737,689	682,655	2,254,613	2,019,019
Operating income	110,354	278,304	319,887	872,426
Non-operating income (expense):
Interest and other income (expense), net	1,732	1,217	4,246	(2,696)
Interest expense	(16,747)	(17,253)	(50,786)	(50,720)
Investment gains (losses), net	(2,079)	944	(5,476)	9,153
Total non-operating income (expense), net	(17,094)	(15,092)	(52,016)	(44,263)
Income before income taxes	93,260	263,212	267,871	828,163
Provision for income taxes	10,258	61,855	43,206	217,721
Net income	$ 83,002	$ 201,357	$ 224,665	$ 610,442
Basic net income per share	$ 0.16	$ 0.41	$ 0.45	$ 1.23
Shares used to compute basic net income per share	504,116	494,051	502,039	494,672
Diluted net income per share	$ 0.16	$ 0.40	$ 0.44	$ 1.22
Shares used to compute diluted net income per share	514,058	499,757	513,155	502,167