Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 29, 2013	Nov. 30, 2012	Dec. 02, 2011
Revenue:
Products	$ 2,470,098	$ 3,342,843	$ 3,416,483
Subscription	1,137,856	673,206	458,634
Services and support	447,286	387,628	341,141
Total revenue	4,055,240	4,403,677	4,216,258
Cost of revenue:
Products	138,154	121,663	125,640
Subscription	278,077	219,102	194,033
Services and support	170,326	143,017	118,200
Total cost of revenue	586,557	483,782	437,873
Gross profit	3,468,683	3,919,895	3,778,385
Operating expenses:
Research and development	826,631	742,823	738,053
Sales and marketing	1,620,454	1,516,159	1,385,822
General and administrative	520,124	434,982	414,605
Restructuring and other related charges (credits)	26,497	(2,917)	97,773
Amortization of purchased intangibles	52,254	48,657	42,833
Total operating expenses	3,045,960	2,739,704	2,679,086
Operating income	422,723	1,180,191	1,099,299
Non-operating income (expense):
Interest and other income (expense), net	4,941	(3,414)	(2,974)
Interest expense	(67,508)	(67,487)	(66,952)
Investment gains (losses), net	(4,015)	9,504	5,857
Total non-operating income (expense), net	(66,582)	(61,397)	(64,069)
Income before income taxes	356,141	1,118,794	1,035,230
Provision for income taxes	66,156	286,019	202,383
Net income	$ 289,985	$ 832,775	$ 832,847
Basic net income per share	$ 0.58	$ 1.68	$ 1.67
Shares used to compute basic net income per share	501,372	494,731	497,469
Diluted net income per share	$ 0.56	$ 1.66	$ 1.65
Shares used to compute diluted net income per share	513,476	502,721	503,921