Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2012

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 three months ended December 29, 2012	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	1,230		$	21.02
Vested	(1,475	)	$	18.74
Forfeited or not earned	(151	)	$	20.52
Balance of outstanding restricted stock units December 29, 2012	4,738		$	20.63

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 three months of 2013	422	808

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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. The remaining 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. These time-based RSUs will vest in three substantially equal annual installments in November 2013, 2014 and 2015.

On November 5, 2012, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved the grant of 565,546 RSUs which are subject to the approval of an increase in the number of shares available for issuance under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan by our stockholders at the March 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. These RSUs will be deemed granted in the second quarter of 2013 if such increase is approved.

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Schedule Of Classification Of Compensation Expense

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

	Three months ended
	December 29, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(in thousands)
Cost of license revenue	$	5	$	5
Cost of service revenue	1,612		1,563
Cost of support revenue	826		950
Sales and marketing	2,458		3,728
Research and development	2,512		2,549
General and administrative	4,480		4,587
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	11,893	$	13,382