Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May 31, 2013	Jun. 01, 2012	May 31, 2013	Jun. 01, 2012
Revenue:
Products	$ 644,899	$ 871,022	$ 1,320,688	$ 1,679,543
Subscription	254,521	159,519	478,787	305,749
Services and support	111,129	93,908	218,947	184,377
Total revenue	1,010,549	1,124,449	2,018,422	2,169,669
Cost of revenue:
Products	26,805	40,074	78,787	65,742
Subscription	66,527	54,823	129,107	103,603
Services and support	41,949	36,021	84,071	69,838
Total cost of revenue	135,281	130,918	291,965	239,183
Gross profit	875,268	993,531	1,726,457	1,930,486
Operating expenses:
Research and development	203,097	180,903	412,735	358,631
Sales and marketing	402,208	386,459	800,241	745,422
General and administrative	120,870	110,603	253,723	213,284
Restructuring charges	24,992	(2,191)	24,994	(5,016)
Amortization of purchased intangibles	12,792	12,614	25,231	24,043
Total operating expenses	763,959	688,388	1,516,924	1,336,364
Operating income	111,309	305,143	209,533	594,122
Non-operating income (expense):
Interest and other income (expense), net	1,268	(1,128)	2,514	(3,913)
Interest expense	(17,205)	(16,629)	(34,039)	(33,467)
Investment gains (losses), net	(4,245)	7,188	(3,397)	8,209
Total non-operating income (expense), net	(20,182)	(10,569)	(34,922)	(29,171)
Income before income taxes	91,127	294,574	174,611	564,951
Provision for income taxes	14,581	70,698	32,948	155,866
Net income	$ 76,546	$ 223,876	$ 141,663	$ 409,085
Basic net income per share	$ 0.15	$ 0.45	$ 0.28	$ 0.83
Shares used to compute basic net income per share	503,384	495,950	500,996	494,983
Diluted net income per share	$ 0.15	$ 0.45	$ 0.28	$ 0.81
Shares used to compute diluted net income per share	512,446	501,377	511,535	502,154