Stock-based Compensation (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2013

Share-based Compensation, Allocation and Classification in Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule Of Restricted Stock And Restricted Stock Unit Activity

Restricted stock unit activity for the six months ended March 30, 2013	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (Per Share)
	(in thousands)
Balance of outstanding restricted stock units October 1, 2012	5,134		$	19.99
Granted	1,850		$	22.20
Vested	(1,911	)	$	19.06
Forfeited or not earned	(239	)	$	20.73
Balance of outstanding restricted stock units March 30, 2013	4,834		$	21.16

Schedule Of Restricted Stock Unit Grants For The Period

	Restricted Stock Units
Grant Period	Performance-based (1)	Time-based (2)
	(Number of Units in thousands)
First six months of 2013	422	1,428

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(1) Of these performance-based RSUs, 90,859 will be eligible to vest to the extent earned in three substantially equal installments on the later of November 15, 2013 and the date the Compensation Committee determines the extent to which the performance criteria have been achieved, November 15, 2014 and November 15, 2015 and 317,197 will be eligible to vest in three substantially equal installments on (i) the later of November 15, 2013 and the date the Compensation Committee determines the extent to which performance criteria have been achieved, (ii) the later of November 15, 2014 and the date the Compensation Committee determines the extent to which the applicable performance criteria have been achieved, and (iii) the later of November 15, 2015 and the date the Compensation Committee determines the extent to which the applicable performance criteria have been achieved; RSUs not earned for a period may be earned in subsequent periods. The remaining 14,046 will vest on the later of November 15, 2013 and the date the Compensation Committee determines the extent to which the performance criteria have been achieved.

(2) The time-based RSUs were issued to employees, including some of our executive officers, and the Board of Directors. Of these time-based RSUs, 1,363,705 will vest in three substantially equal annual installments in November 2013, 2014 and 2015 and 7,681 will vest in three substantially equal installments in March 2014, 2015, and 2016. The remaining 56,144 will vest the earlier of the date of the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or March 15, 2014.

Schedule Of Classification Of Compensation Expense

Compensation expense recorded for our stock-based awards was classified in our consolidated statements of operations as follows:

	Three months ended				Six months ended
	March 30, 2013		March 31, 2012		March 30, 2013		March 31, 2012
	(in thousands)				(in thousands)
Cost of license revenue	$	8	$	7	$	13	$	12
Cost of service revenue	1,420		1,358		3,032		2,921
Cost of support revenue	835		813		1,661		1,763
Sales and marketing	2,835		3,306		5,293		7,034
Research and development	1,824		2,240		4,336		4,789
General and administrative	4,888		4,968		9,368		9,555
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	11,810	$	12,692	$	23,703	$	26,074