Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 01, 2017	Dec. 02, 2016	Nov. 27, 2015
Revenue:
Subscription	$ 6,133,869	$ 4,584,833	$ 3,223,904
Products	706,767	800,498	1,125,146
Services and support	460,869	469,099	446,461
Total revenue	7,301,505	5,854,430	4,795,511
Cost of revenue:
Subscription	623,048	461,860	409,194
Products	57,082	68,917	90,035
Services and support	330,361	289,131	245,088
Total cost of revenue	1,010,491	819,908	744,317
Gross profit	6,291,014	5,034,522	4,051,194
Operating expenses:
Research and development	1,224,059	975,987	862,730
Sales and marketing	2,197,592	1,910,197	1,683,242
General and administrative	624,706	576,202	533,478
Amortization of purchased intangibles	76,562	78,534	68,649
Total operating expenses	4,122,919	3,540,920	3,148,099
Operating income	2,168,095	1,493,602	903,095
Non-operating income (expense):
Interest and other income (expense), net	36,395	13,548	33,909
Interest expense	(74,402)	(70,442)	(64,184)
Investment gains (losses), net	7,553	(1,570)	961
Total non-operating income (expense), net	(30,454)	(58,464)	(29,314)
Income before income taxes	2,137,641	1,435,138	873,781
Provision for income taxes	443,687	266,356	244,230
Net income	$ 1,693,954	$ 1,168,782	$ 629,551
Basic net income per share	$ 3.43	$ 2.35	$ 1.26
Shares used to compute basic net income per share	493,632	498,345	498,764
Diluted net income per share	$ 3.38	$ 2.32	$ 1.24
Shares used to compute diluted net income per share	501,123	504,299	507,164