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Chris, that other ticket is a month old. Since then I have already published new versions of Admin Tools AND Akeeba Backup which have fixed this issue. As you can see in that thread, I confirmed the fix with the affected user so it's not like I'm making this stuff up. Which exact version of whihc software did you install and had this issue?

I will quote myself from the other ticket:

As you can read in Akeeba Backup 3.6.6's changelog I am already aware of it and have already fixed it :)

The bug you described doesn't happen anymore.

However, you do have a point. There is a completely different issue happening under Joomla! 3.0.x. If you have Admin Tools Professional installed on the site, this line is executed:

$model = JModel::getInstance('Storage','AdmintoolsModel');

but this doesn't work anymore in Joomla! 3 because some wise guy decided to rename the class to JModelLegacy. So, yes, there is a bug which nobody reported so far and it went unfixed. Now that I could reproduce it it was easy for me to fix, doing this:

if(version_compare(JVERSION, '3.0', 'ge')) {
  $model = JModelLegacy::getInstance('Storage','AdmintoolsModel');
} else {
  $model = JModel::getInstance('Storage','AdmintoolsModel');
}

This will be included in the next release. On that Joomla! 3.0 site of yours you should keep this plugin disabled until the next official release.

Now, regarding Joomla! 3.0, please note that it is definitely not a production-ready release. It is an unstable Joomla! release, recommended for use only by developers and people who don't mind their sites breaking badly every now and then. 3.1 will be a testing release, meaning that it will be more suitable (but still not recommended) for production sites. The next stable Joomla! release will be 3.5. And that's how we do testing for our software. Joomla! 2.5 is the currently stable release and this is where we make sure everything works perfectly. Joomla! 3.0 is an unstable release and doesn't enjoy the same level of testing. Obviously, since this bug went unreported for so long, my users also don't use it a lot :)

But in the meantime it is very interesting (and necessary) to 'test' all extensions offering Joomla 3.x compatibility on this platform.

Absolutely! Doing that and reporting the bugs you find is the only way for us developers to make sure that when Joomla! 3.5 is released we will have stable, tested software for the new platform.

Thx for the great support and have fun at the Joomla World Conference !

Thank you!