[buserror]

I, for one, have a Germanium transistor in my 1964 Accutron Bulova watch. So there!

http://www.decadecounter.com/accutron/history.htm

[jpmattia]

Old joke: It's not that Germanium has a bad bandgap, it's just that room temperature is wrong.

[As it turns out, having a decent native oxide is also a winner.)