Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Aug. 29, 2014	Aug. 30, 2013	Aug. 29, 2014	Aug. 30, 2013
Revenue:
Products	$ 349,151	$ 582,178	$ 1,299,852	$ 1,902,866
Subscription	547,373	299,346	1,447,630	778,133
Services and support	108,885	113,595	326,255	332,542
Total revenue	1,005,409	995,119	3,073,737	3,013,541
Cost of revenue:
Products	23,172	32,564	75,169	111,351
Subscription	86,670	71,656	247,549	200,763
Services and support	47,882	42,856	138,419	126,927
Total cost of revenue	157,724	147,076	461,137	439,041
Gross profit	847,685	848,043	2,612,600	2,574,500
Operating expenses:
Research and development	212,049	208,700	630,666	621,435
Sales and marketing	406,475	388,673	1,243,446	1,188,914
General and administrative	141,676	128,043	409,798	381,766
Restructuring and other charges	201	(791)	498	24,203
Amortization of purchased intangibles	13,108	13,064	40,012	38,295
Total operating expenses	773,509	737,689	2,324,420	2,254,613
Operating income	74,176	110,354	288,180	319,887
Non-operating income (expense):
Interest and other income (expense), net	1,454	1,732	7,162	4,246
Interest expense	(13,361)	(16,747)	(47,054)	(50,786)
Investment gains (losses), net	669	(2,079)	813	(5,476)
Total non-operating income (expense), net	(11,238)	(17,094)	(39,079)	(52,016)
Income before income taxes	62,938	93,260	249,101	267,871
Provision for income taxes	18,252	10,258	68,842	43,206
Net income	$ 44,686	$ 83,002	$ 180,259	$ 224,665
Basic net income per share	$ 0.09	$ 0.16	$ 0.36	$ 0.45
Shares used to compute basic net income per share	498,468	504,116	497,782	502,039
Diluted net income per share	$ 0.09	$ 0.16	$ 0.35	$ 0.44
Shares used to compute diluted net income per share	507,811	514,058	508,575	513,155