Exhibit 4.6  REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE  $12,000,000.00 November 5, 2001 New York, New York  FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, META GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower),
hereby promises to pay to the order of THE BANK OF NEW YORK (the Bank),
on the Maturity Date, the lesser of TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS ($12,000,000.00) or
the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans made by the
Bank, and to pay interest from the date hereof on the principal balance thereof
from time to time outstanding, at the rate or rates, and at the times, set
forth in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 5,
2001, between the Borrower and the Bank (as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement),
in each case at the office of the Bank located at 10 Mason Street, Greenwich,
Connecticut 06830, or at such other place as the Bank may specify in writing
from time to time, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately
available funds.  Capitalized terms
used herein which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.  The Revolving
Credit Loans evidenced by this Note are prepayable in the amounts and under the
circumstances, and its maturity is subject to acceleration upon the terms, set
forth in the Credit Agreement.  This
Note is the Revolving Credit Note under, and as such term is defined in, the
Credit Agreement, and is subject to, and should be construed in accordance
with, the provisions thereof, and is entitled to the benefits and security set
forth in the Loan Documents.  The Bank is hereby
authorized to record on the schedule annexed hereto, and any continuation
sheets which the Bank may attach hereto, the (i) date and amount of each
Revolving Credit Loan made by the Bank, (ii) character thereof as an ABR
Advance, a LIBOR Advance, or a combination thereof, (iii) interest rate
(without regard to the Applicable Margin) applicable to each LIBOR Advance,
(iv) Interest Period applicable to each LIBOR Advance, and (v) date and amount
of each conversion of, and each payment or prepayment of principal of, any such
Revolving Credit Loan.  No failure to so
record or any error in so recording shall affect the obligation of the Borrower
to repay the Revolving Credit Loans, together with interest thereon, as
provided in the Credit Agreement, and the outstanding principal balance of the
Revolving Credit Loans made by the Bank as set forth in such schedule shall be
presumed to be correct absent manifest error.  
   Except as
specifically otherwise provided in the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby
waives presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, notice of protest and
all other demands, protests and notices in connection with the execution,
delivery, performance, collection and enforcement of this Note.  This Note may only
be amended by an instrument in writing executed pursuant to the provisions of
Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement.  THIS NOTE SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS, BUT
INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.  META GROUP, INC.By:
  /s/ John A. PiontkowskiName:
  John A. PiontkowskiTitle:
  Chief Financial Officer  2 
   SCHEDULE TO  REVOLVING CREDIT
NOTE  Date
  
  Type of
  Advance
  (ABR,
  or LIBOR)
  
  Amount of
  Advance
  
  principal
  converted,
  paid or
  prepaid
  
  Interest Rate
  on LIBOR
  (without regard to
  Applicable
  Margin)
  
  Interest
  Period (if 
  LIBOR
  Advance)
  
  Notation
  Made By