Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2014	Mar. 01, 2013
Revenue:
Products	$ 471,454	$ 675,789
Subscription	423,563	224,266
Services and support	105,103	107,818
Total revenue	1,000,120	1,007,873
Cost of revenue:
Products	27,498	51,982
Subscription	76,732	62,580
Services and support	44,279	42,122
Total cost of revenue	148,509	156,684
Gross profit	851,611	851,189
Operating expenses:
Research and development	209,525	209,638
Sales and marketing	410,141	398,033
General and administrative	138,984	132,853
Restructuring charges	663	2
Amortization of purchased intangibles	13,552	12,439
Total operating expenses	772,865	752,965
Operating income	78,746	98,224
Non-operating income (expense):
Interest and other income (expense), net	3,145	1,246
Interest expense	(16,590)	(16,834)
Investment gains (losses), net	(409)	848
Total non-operating income (expense), net	(13,854)	(14,740)
Income before income taxes	64,892	83,484
Provision for income taxes	17,846	18,367
Net income	$ 47,046	$ 65,117
Basic net income per share	$ 0.09	$ 0.13
Shares used to compute basic net income per share	496,948	498,607
Diluted net income per share	$ 0.09	$ 0.13
Shares used to compute diluted net income per share	508,340	507,840