Also consider that most DBAs do not consider Access as a Database
Access may not be an enterprise level database, but it is a database. Like any tool, there are things it is very appropriate for, and other things for which it is not at all suited. I have seen lots of "tiny" databases put on SQL Server that should have been Access databases. Instead they sucked time and resources from the databases that should have been on there.
Personally, I enjoy working with both.